Boone County prosecutors have added a second degree murder charge against a suspect from Columbia accused of dumping a trash bin containing a body in the Eagle Bluffs Conservation area in May.
Boone County prosecutors on Tuesday filed a two-page amended complaint that adds the second degree murder charge. New court documents allege that Acton strangled and smothered the 47-year-old female victim sometime between October 2025 and May 10. The victim’s name has not been released by Boone County Sheriff’s deputies.
Court documents say Acton allegedly dumped the trash bin containing the body in the Eagle Bluffs Conservation area around May 11, “in hopes the body would not be discovered.”
What’s next: Acton is now charged with second degree murder, in addition to the previous felony charges in this case. Acton is being represented by public defender Spencer Smith.