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Cole County jury to be shipped in for Clay Waller murder trial
(10/23/12)
Clay Waller, who faces charges of first-degree murder and two counts of tampering with evidence for his alleged role in the disappearance of his estranged wife Jacque, will go to trial Sept. 9 to 20 at the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse in Jackson...
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Document  Read a copy of the probable cause statement filed to support the murder charge against Clay Waller by clicking on the headline or the link below. Some names have been redacted to protect witnesses and children. Photo galleries  The Jacque Waller 5K Walk/Run and 1-mile Family Fun Walk Saturday, June 2, 2012 at Shawnee Park marked the one-year anniversary of her disappearance.  A vigil marking the two month anniversary of the June 1 disappearance of Jacque Sue Waller was held on Monday, August 1, 2011, at Blue Cross Blue Shield in Cape Girardeau, Mo.  Around 140 volunteers including people on horseback and several cadaver dogs canvased areas in Cape Girardeau County Saturday, July 23, 2011 in search of Jacque Waller. Waller was last seen on June 1.  Friends and family members of Jacque Sue Waller attend a prayer service for her Thursday, June 9, 2011 at Farmington High School. Waller, a 39-year-old mother of three has been missing since June 1, 2011.  A prayer service for Jacque Sue Waller was held on Saturday, June 4, 2011, at Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in Cape Girardeau. Waller, a 39-year-old mother of three, has been missing since Wednesday. |
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Clay Waller Preliminary HearingClay Waller made his first courtroom appearance today, July 25, 2012, since being charged with the murder of his estranged wife Jacque Sue Waller. Jacque was last seen on June 1, 2011 in Jackson.
Search in S. Illinois ‘area of interest' precedes court date for Clay Waller
(10/18/12) The Waller triplets turned 7 Sunday, as volunteers again searched another secluded spot for their missing mother. Their father, meanwhile, remained incarcerated awaiting a court date this week -- and eventually a trial -- on charges that he killed her and disposed of the body...
Court upholds Clay Waller's federal sentence
(08/26/12) A federal appeals court has upheld Clay Waller's sentence for making an Internet threat against his missing wife's sister. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued the ruling upholding the sentence on Friday. Waller was sentenced in January for making threats against Cheryl Brenneke, his missing wife's sister, on the website Topix. Waller pleaded guilty last October to threatening to kill Brenneke if she hurt his children. Waller's children are in Brenneke's custody...
Waller's lawyer files for change of venue
(08/24/12) Clay Waller's attorney has filed a motion for a change of venue in his client's murder trial, backing up what he said previously -- that he thinks a barrage of local media coverage would prevent Waller from getting an impartial jury in Cape Girardeau County...
Waller pleads not guilty at arraignment on murder charge
(08/14/12) Clay Waller pleaded not guilty Monday to a first-degree murder charge, as the high-profile case involving the disappearance of his wife nearly 14 months ago continues to grind its way through the criminal court process. In a hearing that lasted just a few minutes, Waller never spoke as his public defender Chris Davis entered a plea of not guilty to the murder and two evidence tampering charges. ...
Clay Waller gets new court date, judge
(08/02/12) Clay Waller has a new judge in his murder trial and his next court date has changed. Waller will now appear for his arraignment on first-degree murder and evidence charges Aug. 13, instead of Monday. A time for the arraignment was not yet set Wednesday, according to the Cape Girardeau County circuit clerk's office...
Prosecutor requests judge change in Waller murder case
(08/01/12) Prosecutors on Tuesday filed a motion for a change of judge in the James Clay Waller murder case. Cape Girardeau County assistant prosecutor Angel Woodruff filed the motion Tuesday. A preliminary hearing for Waller took place July 25. Cape Girardeau County Judge Gary Kamp bound Waller over to circuit court late Monday afternoon...
Judge rules Waller will stand trial
(07/31/12) Clay Waller will stand trial for the murder of his estranged wife. Cape Girardeau County Judge Gary Kamp bound Waller over to circuit court on Monday, following his preliminary hearing on first-degree murder and evidence tampering charges. Waller is charged in connection with his wife, Jacque Waller's, disappearance on June 1, 2011. Authorities allege Clay Waller killed Jacque Waller after an argument over finances and their pending divorce. The couple had three children together, triplets...
Witness, Waller son face charges for fight outside preliminary hearing
(07/29/12) Tickets will be sent to two people arrested for fighting Wednesday outside the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse in Jackson during a recess from the preliminary hearing for Clay Waller. Jackson city attorney Tom Ludwig said a prosecution witness, Matt Marshall, and Clay Waller's son, James Clay Waller III, who goes by J.C. Waller, will each receive tickets for peace disturbance and "engaging in affray," or fighting... |
Crime and courts headlines 
Schnucks security breach expensive for local banks
(05/23/13)
 2A security breach involving Schnucks customers' credit and debit cards could get expensive for some local financial institutions. Schnucks' Cape Girardeau location, 19 S. Kingshighway, was among 79 stores affected by the breach that came to light March 28, company spokesman Paul Simon said...
Jackson police report 5/23/13
(05/23/13)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt Arrests... 
Anderson gets 12 years for running down joggers
(05/22/13)
4An Arkansas man was sentenced to 12 years in prison Tuesday for running down a group of joggers last fall in downtown Cape Girardeau. Vincent Anderson, 19, of Little Rock, Ark., last month pleaded guilty to first-degree assault for the Oct. 28 attack, in which he drove a stolen 1994 Ford Thunderbird into a group of joggers at the intersection of Aquamsi and William streets. Three of the joggers suffered minor injuries... 
No weapon displayed in Tuesday bank robbery
(05/22/13)
6Cape Girardeau police are looking for a suspect in a Tuesday afternoon bank robbery. A white man wearing a long-sleeved green shirt, jeans, dark shoes and a light-colored ball cap robbed First State Community Bank, 1602 N. Kingshighway, on Tuesday afternoon, said Darin Hickey, public information officer for the Cape Girardeau Police Department...
Former bank official sentenced to five years for embezzlement
(05/22/13)
A former high-ranking official with the Ellington, Mo., branch of the People's Community State Bank was sentenced Monday to nearly five years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution on bank fraud and embezzlement charges... |