Illinois man found guilty in shooting of Southeast student

Thursday, October 18, 2007

It took a Butler County jury just 25 minutes to decide David McElrath, 20, of Mounds, Ill., shot a Southeast Missouri State University student last November in the parking lost of a Cape Girardeau gas station.

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