Prosecutor to seek death penalty in killings of mother, son in Springfield

Monday, February 27, 2023

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Missouri prosecutor plans to seek the death penalty against a man charged with fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 13-year-old son in a New Year's Eve 2020 attack that left two other children injured.

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