a Dent County methamphetamine dealer who murdered a deputy sheriff...
a Dent County methamphetamine dealer who murdered a deputy sheriff...
a Dent County methamphetamine dealer who murdered a deputy sheriff and 2 other people should be executed, a Platte County jury recommended.
Earl M. Forrest II was charged with 1st-degree murder in the December 2002 deaths of Chief Deputy JoAnn Barnes, Harriett Smith and Michael Wells.
The jury found Forrest guilty on all 3 counts of 1st-degree murder on Oct. 8. The trial was moved to Platte County on a change of venue.
On Dec. 9, 2002, Deputy Barnes and Dent County Sheriff Bob Wofford were investigating reports of a double homicide when they went to the house where Forrest lived because witnesses had identified him as a suspect. Forrest began shooting, fatally wounding Barnes. Forrest surrendered after a 35-minute standoff. The bodies of Harriett Smith and Michael Wells were discovered in Smith's house.
Earl M. Forrest II was charged with 1st-degree murder in the December 2002 deaths of Chief Deputy JoAnn Barnes, Harriett Smith and Michael Wells.
The jury found Forrest guilty on all 3 counts of 1st-degree murder on Oct. 8. The trial was moved to Platte County on a change of venue.
On Dec. 9, 2002, Deputy Barnes and Dent County Sheriff Bob Wofford were investigating reports of a double homicide when they went to the house where Forrest lived because witnesses had identified him as a suspect. Forrest began shooting, fatally wounding Barnes. Forrest surrendered after a 35-minute standoff. The bodies of Harriett Smith and Michael Wells were discovered in Smith's house.
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- (Sources: Kansas City InfoZine, 19/10/2004)