Authorities identify body of homicide victim

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Boone County Sheriff's authorities have identified a homicide victim as a teen-ager who faced felony charges related to an earlier robbery and shooting.

De'ter O'Brian Bradford, 17, of Columbia, died of multiple stab wounds, sheriffs Maj. O.J. Stone said Friday. Bradford's frozen body was found Thursday afternoon, face up in a patch of woods and brush that borders a mobile home park and a subdivision.

Bradford faced six felony charges in connection with a robbery and shooting that occurred Dec. 22 at the same mobile home park near the place his body was found.

During the incident, three suspects robbed two men and shot one twice in the head. The victim survived and left the hospital after two days of treatment. He identified Bradford as one assailant, but no other suspect has been charged in that case.

The Mid-Missouri Major Case Squad was investigating the case.