Defendant, 73, dies while awaiting arraignment

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

A 73-year-old jail inmate collapsed and died in a Cape Girardeau County courtroom Monday afternoon while awaiting arraignment on felony charges he violated his probation by writing a bad check.

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