Prosecutor asks for death penalty in Stoddard County murder case

Friday, September 17, 2010

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Briney Welborn filed the necessary paperwork Wednesday to declare his intentions to seek the death penalty against a Bernie, Mo., couple accused of stabbing another man to death.

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