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Regional news from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• Nixon Sworn In As Mo. Governor, Begins Second Term
• Jovan Belcher autopsy results show he was drunk at time of crime
• State Sen. John Lamping calls out Gov. Jay Nixon on Twitter

Police say the Kansas City Chiefs had been providing counseling to linebacker Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend before he killed her and committed suicide over the weekend.

Investigators are still searching for a motive to help explain why Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend 22-year-old Kasandra Perkins, and then himself.