Opening arguments start today in Cape Girardeau County's first capital murder trial in years. Prosecutor Morley Swingle is seeking the death penalty against Mark Gill in connection with the killing of Ralph L. Lape Jr. in 2002. For more on this story, read Wednesday's Southeast Missourian.
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