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Marcus Bowers sentenced to four years in death of Kelso, Mo., manThursday, October 9, 2008
On an unrelated child molestation conviction, Bowers was sentence of one year, to run concurrently with the other sentence, according to Butler County Circuit Court records. Hagan, of Kelso, Mo., died in September 2007, five days after a Scott City altercation with Bowers, who was 18 at the time. Bowers was originally charged with murder, but the charges were reduced after authorities learned more about the incident. At first, investigators thought Hagan's head had been struck against a mobile home tie-down stake at a Scott City mobile home park. Scott City police investigated the case for several months before a grand jury indicted Bowers on the murder charge. They had ruled it an accident but took up the murder investigation after talking to witnesses. Then medical evidence showed his injuries were consistent with hitting his head against a cement slab near the stake. The charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action were reduced to manslaughter, and a Butler County judge considered a sentencing assessment report before making his decision. The molestation charges stemmed from Bowers having had intercourse with a 14-year-old girl. On Aug. 11, Bowers pleaded guilty on both charges in Butler County, where the case had been transferred on a change of venue from Scott County. 388-3635 Comments  Note: The nature of the Internet makes it impractical for our staff to review every comment. If you feel that a comment is offensive, please Login or Create an account first, and then you will be able to flag a comment as objectionable. Please also note that those who post comments on semissourian.com may do so using a screen name, which may or may not reflect a website user's actual name. Readers should be careful not to assign comments to real people who may have names similar to screen names. Refrain from obscenity in your comments, and to keep discussions civil, don't say anything in a way your grandmother would be ashamed to read.
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Four years for a murder and one year for rape? (and do not tell me it was an 18 year old and an 14 year old....if that was your 14 year old, you would be ******!!!)
Way to be tough on crime....he will do about four months in prison....mark my words.
murder? he pled to a Class D felony of involuntary manslaughter. . .with a max sentence of 4 years
Our judicial system is so screwed up,You can kill a man and have sex with a 14 year old and only get 4 years in jail!! On the other hand you can be charged with a crime that didn't involve killing any one or having sex with a 14 year old and get 15-18 years in prison. What is wrong with this picture???
Four years for murder - 1 year for rape. Why don't you just give this loser a slap on the hand. That's about all that is going to happen anyway.
4 years for murder and rape and yet you can face 30 years for a self-defense fist fight-what's wrong with this picture? Could it be who you know? Messed up justice system to say the least.