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Thursday, May 02, 2013  A Columbia man has been convicted of felony murder in the shooting death of a 17-year-old who police say was not the intended target.

Friday, April 19, 2013  Mark Woodworth is facing a retrial for the 1990 killing of Cathy Robertson, a neighbor in Chillicothe.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  Gov. Jay Nixon and Missouri's attorney general say the governor shouldn't have to testify in a Chillicothe man's murder retrial.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  The suspect in a central Missouri triple homicide is scheduled to undergo a psychological exam Friday as preparations continue for his trial in September.

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  A Chillicothe man facing a third murder trial in his neighbor's 1990 death wants Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to testify about his involvement in the case.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  State prosecutors seeking a Chillicothe man's third murder conviction in his neighbor's 1990 death will have to pursue the case without vital ballistics evidence.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  A northwest Missouri man facing a third murder trial in his neighbor's 1990 death is raising questions about the conduct of a county judge, court clerk and deputy sheriff in the case.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  The jury is deliberating Thursday afternoon in the second degree murder trial of Brandon Chase of Jefferson City.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  David Hosier is accused of killing Rodney and Angela Gilpin more than three years ago

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  She was sentenced to four years for the manslaughter charge.

Tuesday, January 08, 2013  The trial will however be open to the public.

Monday, November 26, 2012  Twenty years after Betty Ann Howery's death, the murder trial begins this week for the husband of the St. Charles woman.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012  The petition for a writ of habeus corpus was filed in Feb. 2011

Monday, October 29, 2012  Opening statements are expected to start today in the second trial of a man accused in the 2008 deaths of eight people in Illinois and Missouri.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012  Prosecutors and defense attorneys are working to pick a jury in the second trial of a man accused of killing eight people in Illinois and Missouri during 2008.