murder

Columbia police investigating homicide at Truman VA Hospital

Ryan Famuliner — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 06:07:49 +0000

Columbia Police say they are investigating a homicide at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital in Columbia that happened on Friday. In a press release, police say the suspect and victim were both patients at the VA Hospital, and that the suspect is currently in custody. Police aren’t releasing any other information right now.

Witnesses raise more questions about Heitholt death

Associated Press — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:00:58 +0000

Two more witnesses are raising questions about evidence that helped convict a Missouri man in the 2001 death of Columbia Daily Tribune sports editor Kent Heitholt.

More details from Bustamante investigation released

Associated Press — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:28:30 +0000

Authorities investigating the October 2009 disappearance of a Missouri girl had seized muddy clothes and shovels from the home of a neighboring teenager who later confessed to killing and burying the girl, according to secretly filed court documents obtained by The Associated Press.

Bustamante apologizes; receives life in prison for Olten murder

Associated Press — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:20:08 +0000

A Missouri teenager who had described the slaying of a young neighbor girl as an "ahmazing" thrill made an emotional apology Wednesday to the girl's family and was sentenced to a potential lifetime in prison.