Police say murder duo fled Perryville home

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- A Perry County woman charged with lying about the whereabouts of two accused Kansas City-area killers did so because she "did not want them to be caught in her room."

Susan J. Summers, 45, of Perryville was charged Monday with two counts of felony hindering prosecution for not telling police Richard D. Davis, 41, and Dena D. Riley, 39, were inside her apartment.

Davis and Riley are charged in the rape and murder of Marsha Spicer, 41, whose body was found buried in a shallow grave May 15 in unincorporated Lafayette County, according to Summers' probable cause statement. Police say the duo videotaped the crime.

When Summers, whom officials were told had been in touch with the pair in the past, was questioned outside her apartment building by investigators Sunday afternoon, she said she had not spoken to the fugitives since May 4, the statement read.

Four hours later, Summers told a Missouri State Highway Patrol sergeant that she lied during the questioning, and Davis and Riley had been inside her home while she was speaking earlier with police.

According to the statement, Summers told officials she hoped police would arrest the suspects but "did not want them caught in her room."

According to the statement, Summers told authorities that when the pair left her apartment, they said they were going to "go somewhere and kill themselves."

In addition to the charge of first-degree homicide in Spicer's death, Davis and Riley are also charged with kidnapping, forcible rape, two counts of forcible sodomy and first-degree assault.

Davis was described as 6 feet, 2 inches tall and 230 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. Riley is 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighs 130 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol Cpl. Julie Scerine.

The pair were still being sought Tuesday night and were considered armed and dangerous, Scerine said.

Investigators found a 8-millimeter videotape in Davis and Riley's bedroom that depicts the victim bound, struck, raped and sodomized. The room on the tape matches the bedroom in the couple's Independence, Mo., home.

Police believe the couple lured Spicer to their home for a three-way sexual encounter.

Davis is on parole for a 1987 rape and sodomy conviction, and Riley has previous misdemeanors, but no felonies.

Summers, who had bond set at $5,000 cash only, could receive up to four years in prison if convicted.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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