12-05-2011, 08:45 AM
Updated.
Prelim waived in Morgan trial
Sunday, December 4, 2011
LECIA FORESTER Daily Dunklin Democrat
During court proceedings on Friday morning, the preliminary hearing for Shawn Morgan, 43, of Senath, Mo., was waived and he was bound over to Division 1, according to Dunklin County Prosecuting Attorney Stephen P. Sokoloff.
Morgan's arraignment has been set for Dec. 14.
Originally, the date for the preliminary had been scheduled for 1:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 7, but a motion for continuance was filed by Morgan's attorney and was granted by Judge Spielman, citing "good cause," and was rescheduled for Dec. 2.
Morgan was arrested on Aug. 13 of this year in the case concerning the disappearance and death of three-year-old BreeAnn Rodriguez, also of Senath.
The first charges filed against Morgan by Dunklin County law enforcement authorities included felony counts of first degree murder, armed criminal action and tampering with physical evidence in connection with the case.
Additional charges of felony A kidnapping and a class C offense of possession of child pornography soon followed as investigation into the case continued.
Since Morgan's arrest, Sokoloff also filed with the court a notice of statutory aggravating circumstances which is a procedural step that is required if the death penalty should become a consideration later on.
Rodriguez was reported missing from her home in Senath on Saturday, Aug. 6, while she and her brother were riding their bicycles near their home.
A search of the area was conducted by various agencies which included the Federal Bureau of Investigation Task Force, the Dunklin County Sheriff's Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Kennett Police Department and the Bootheel Drug Task Force as well as members of the community.
Ten days later the child's remains were located near the floodway ditches northeast of Hornersville, Mo., approximately eight miles southeast of her home in Senath.
http://www.dddnews.com/story/1790754.html
Prelim waived in Morgan trial
Sunday, December 4, 2011
LECIA FORESTER Daily Dunklin Democrat
During court proceedings on Friday morning, the preliminary hearing for Shawn Morgan, 43, of Senath, Mo., was waived and he was bound over to Division 1, according to Dunklin County Prosecuting Attorney Stephen P. Sokoloff.
Morgan's arraignment has been set for Dec. 14.
Originally, the date for the preliminary had been scheduled for 1:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 7, but a motion for continuance was filed by Morgan's attorney and was granted by Judge Spielman, citing "good cause," and was rescheduled for Dec. 2.
Morgan was arrested on Aug. 13 of this year in the case concerning the disappearance and death of three-year-old BreeAnn Rodriguez, also of Senath.
The first charges filed against Morgan by Dunklin County law enforcement authorities included felony counts of first degree murder, armed criminal action and tampering with physical evidence in connection with the case.
Additional charges of felony A kidnapping and a class C offense of possession of child pornography soon followed as investigation into the case continued.
Since Morgan's arrest, Sokoloff also filed with the court a notice of statutory aggravating circumstances which is a procedural step that is required if the death penalty should become a consideration later on.
Rodriguez was reported missing from her home in Senath on Saturday, Aug. 6, while she and her brother were riding their bicycles near their home.
A search of the area was conducted by various agencies which included the Federal Bureau of Investigation Task Force, the Dunklin County Sheriff's Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Kennett Police Department and the Bootheel Drug Task Force as well as members of the community.
Ten days later the child's remains were located near the floodway ditches northeast of Hornersville, Mo., approximately eight miles southeast of her home in Senath.
http://www.dddnews.com/story/1790754.html
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