NewsJuly 18, 2006
Richards pleads guilty in Cape Girardeau boy's death
The accused killer of a 17-year-old Cape Girardeau boy pleaded guilty this week to the slaying. Bernard P. Richards, 19, of Ullin, Ill., entered his guilty plea Monday to involuntary manslaughter and leaving the scene of a shooting. He was charged originally with second-degree murder in the Jan. 25 death of Jacob Bowers, 17...
The accused killer of a 17-year-old Cape Girardeau boy pleaded guilty this week to the slaying.
Bernard P. Richards, 19, of Ullin, Ill., entered his guilty plea Monday to involuntary manslaughter and leaving the scene of a shooting. He was charged originally with second-degree murder in the Jan. 25 death of Jacob Bowers, 17.
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Sentencing was scheduled for Aug. 7 before Circuit Judge William Syler.
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