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Fired Missouri Guards Charged with Murder in Prisoner’s Suffocation Death

Five former Missouri prison guards were charged on June 28, 2024, in the death of prisoner Othel Moore, Jr. at Jefferson City Correctional Center in December 2023. Four guards were charged with second-­degree murder and a fifth with accessory to involuntary manslaughter.

Moore, 38, suffocated after guards Justin Leggins, 34, ...

 

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