A Boone County judge has scheduled a September 27 jury trial for a man accused of kidnapping, assaulting and raping his ex-girlfriend in Columbia in 2019. 35-year-old Raymond Charles Williams of Jefferson City is charged with eight felonies, including kidnapping, rape and sodomy. The Columbia Police Department’s probable cause statement says the incident happened after …
Boone County prosecutors and defense to work on timeframe for trial in Comfort murder case
A trial date has not been set for a Columbia man charged with strangling his wife to death and then putting her body in an apartment dumpster on Amelia. 40-year-old Keith Comfort appeared briefly Tuesday in Boone County Circuit Court, via video. Public defender Kevin O’Brien asked Judge Jeff Harris for a continuance, which was …
Boone County judge interested in trial readiness in high-profile Columbia murder case
A Boone County judge is expected to ask attorneys Tuesday afternoon in a high-profile Columbia murder case where they are on trial readiness. 40-year-old Keith Comfort is charged with second degree murder for the death of his wife, Megan Shultz. Boone County prosecutors say Comfort strangled his wife in 2006, before placing her body in …
Columbia’s Fotoohighiam slams criminal justice system, following acquittal
A Columbia businessman who’s been acquitted on charges of trying to have his ex-wife killed describes the legal system as corrupt. Judge Steven Ohmer found Mehrdad Fotoohighiam not guilty, following this week’s bench trial at the Boone County Courthouse. Fotoohighiam spoke to our news partner ABC-17 minutes after being released from jail. He tells ABC-17’s …
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