Perryville drug overdose murder case to be heard in Jackson

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The man accused of murder after he allegedly gave drugs to a woman found dead in a Perryville hotel room in June was granted a change of venue Friday, and his trial will now be heard in Jackson.

Steven A. Harbour, 25, of Fredericktown, Mo., was granted a motion for change of venue to the Cape Girardeau County Circuit Court in Jackson. His court proceedings had previously taken place in the Perry County Courthouse.

Harbour remains in custody on a $500,000 cash-only bond.

Perry County Prosecuting Attorney Thomas L. Hoeh alleges Harbour supplied Nicole Jones, 20, of Perryville, with a deadly cocktail of painkillers, antidepressants and alcohol.

When first questioned by police at the scene, Harbour told officers his drugs were locked up in the hotel room's safe, according to court records. He said he wasn't in the room all the time but his key was in the room, so it was possible someone had gotten to his pills.

Harbour told police that he gave Jones three oxycodone, three clonazepam and three amitriptyline, according to court records. Harbour also told police he bought alcohol that Jones and another underage girl consumed.

Pertinent address:

101 Court St., Jackson, MO

Perryville, MO