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The witness said that on Dec. 17, 2021, the day Hayes went missing, he observed Miller in his 1992 Chevrolet Lumina driving eastbound from Madison at a high rate of speed at a late hour.

The following reports are summaries of all cases disposed during May 2023 in Marion County, Mo. The reports are provided by the office of Luke Bryant, the Marion County Prosecutor.

The town that refuses to stay down made another big move toward getting back on its feet last week, selecting architects who will design replacements...

A WOMAN has told of the moment cops woke her up to say her husband was engaged to another woman and was being arrested for her murder.Melanie Addie sa

Melanie Addie was shocked to discover her husband, James Addie, 56, was secretly engaged to a woman named Molly Watson, 35. He was arrested for her murder.

Melanie Addie had been married to James Addie for 23 years when police arrived.

Two days before Missouri man James Addie was due to become a bigamist, he became a murderer instead. The prison officer's double life was exposed after the body of fiancee...

MONROE CITY, Mo. — Chief Tyler Wheeler submitted a letter of resignation as city marshal/chief of police effective Nov. 30.

Watson was found shot to death April 27, 2018, in a remote area of western Monroe County. Addie, 54, who was employed as a senior officer at the Moberly Correctional Facility, is being tried on charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action. Though married to his wife of 22 years, Melanie Addie, Addie was engaged to marry Watson on April 29 in Columbia. Investigators said that his wife had no idea that he had been dating Watson for at least seven years. The couple met while employed a...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Herald-Whig) -- The ex-wife and daughter of the man charged in the death of his fiancée testified they didnt know about his seven-year relationship with the woman during his trial on Tuesday. During the second day of the trial, two men jailed in the Monroe County Jail with James Addie also testified that he told them he faced a $500,000 cash-only bond because he put “someone face down in a ditch.” Addie, 54, is accused in the April 27, 2018, shooting death of 35-year-...