James William Boyd McNeely, 20 - murder victim from Ohio whose body was found December 22, 2009, in a truck trailer in Vandalia, MO
Chester Harvey Jr., 38; Angela Harvey, 34; Chad Michael Harvey, 19 - father, his wife and son charged with first degree murder, armed criminal action, abandonment of a corpse, and kidnapping
Robert Allen, 52; Jackie Don Moss, 44; Darrill Lynn, 45 - charged with kidnapping
2 male juveniles, 16 & 14 - also charged in connection with the kidnapping & murder of James McNeely; may be tried as adults
Laddonia (Audrain County), MO

One of the men charged in a December abduction and killing in Laddonia will return to court April 14. Forty-five-year-old Darrill Kirtley Lynn of Farber is one of three men charged with kidnapping. The other two are 44-year-old Jackie Don Moss and 52-year-old Robert Nicholas Allen, both of Vandalia.

Allen is scheduled for a preliminary hearing April 14. A status hearings is March 25 for Moss.
Charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and armed criminal action are 38-year-old Chester C. Harvey Jr. and 34-year-old Angela D. Harvey of Laddonia, 19-year-old Chad M. Harvey of Eolia. Status hearings for all three are set for April 14. Two juvenile sons of Chester Harvey, ages 16 and 14, also are charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, felonious restraint and armed criminal action. They may find out April 14 if they’ll be tried as adults.

Authorities say 20-year-old James William Boyd McNeely was suffocated in the basement of the Chester Harvey home on Dec. 18, 2009. Investigators say Angela Harvey admitted to telling her husband how to kill the Columbus, Ohio, man.

female newborn - found dead in a men's prison trash can on Sunday, March 7, 2010
Ashley Cox, 20 - arrested and charged with murder and concealing the birth of an infant after allegedly giving birth in a visiting area restroom of a men's prison before putting her baby in a trash can
La Grange (Oldham County), KY

Ashley Cox stood before a judge for the first time Wednesday morning, to answer to murder charges. She pleaded not guilty during her arraignment in Oldham County. State police say the 20-year-old, from Corbin, murdered the newborn Sunday, after giving birth at a prison in Oldham County, where she was visiting an inmate. After Wednesday, arraignment, Cox's family said they were shocked at the allegations, but they still support her.

David Queen, 70 - found stabbed to death Thursday, February 4, 2010
Jason L. Baker, 37 - tenant of the victim charged with first degree murder after being arrested in Kentucky
Kimberly D. Caldwell, 37 - girlfriend of Baker also lived in the house charged with obstructing justice
Antioch (Lake County), IL

An Antioch Township couple charged in the stabbing death of their landlord pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Lake County circuit court. Jason Baker, 37, is charged with first-degree murder in the Feb. 4 death of David Queen, 70. Baker had rented a room in Queen's house in the 40200 block of Deep Lake Road.

Baker and his girlfriend, Kimberly Caldwell, 38, also are charged with fleeing to Kentucky after the slaying. Assistant State's Attorney Marykay Foy said Baker intended to kill and rob Queen, who he had known for over a year before moving into the house, but it is unknown if any money was stolen from the victim.

Another tenant of the house called police after discovering Queen's body on the floor, Foy said, and an autopsy determined he had been stabbed several times with a large knife that was found inside the house. Less than 12 hours later, the couple was located in southern Kentucky, where Caldwell had told her employer she was going to move as she quit her job.

Dewite (Dwight) Morgan, aka 'Bicylce Bob', 54 - homeless man known in the community as Bicycle Bob murdered October 19, 2009
Connor Adam Mason, 19 - charged with first-degree murder
Heather Irene Parker, 19; Nikolas David Kerr, 19 - arrested on charges of accessory to murder after the fact
Travis Monroe Jim, 20 - homeless man originally arrested and charged with the murder of Dewite Morgan; released from jail and charged dismissed December 16, 2009
Edmund (Oklahoma County), OK

Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater has amended the first-degree murder charge against a “Bicycle Bob” defendant. Two Edmond residents — Connor Adam Mason and Nikolas David Kerr — were being held on first-degree murder charges in the death of Dwite Morgan, 54, a homeless man known around Edmond as “Bicycle Bob.” A third defendant, Heather Irene Holden, also of Edmond, is being held on an accessory after the fact charge.

Wednesday morning, Kerr appeared in court along with his attorney, Don Jackson, and Assistant District Attorney Kevin Etherington. After the murder charge was amended to accessory after the fact, Kerr waved his preliminary hearing and was bound over for pretrial conference on April 14.

Bond was set at $50,000, and Kerr was expected to be released later today, meaning that he will get to spend the night at home with his family for the first time in months, Jackson said. If convicted on the accessory charge, Kerr faces up to 45 years in prison.

Chad Mechels, 33 - Turner County, SD, Deputy Sheriff shot to death while conducting a well-being check on Sunday, March 15, 2009; leaves behind a wife and two young children
Ethan Johns, 19 - Surrendered to authorities several hours after shooting Deputy Mechels; his girlfriend's family had called law enforcement fearing he was suicidal
Marion (Turner County), SD

Defense attorneys for Ethan Johns, who faces a possible death sentence for the killing of Turner County Deputy Chad Mechels last March, want prosecutors to prove that Mechels was attempting to arrest the suspect on the night of the murder.

Prosecutors offered two reasons for seeking the death penalty last month: That Mechels was a law enforcement officer and that Johns killed him “for the purpose of avoiding, interfering with or preventing a lawful arrest.”

Johns' attorneys, Jeff Cole and Sid Strange of Sioux Falls, will be in court in Parker Thursday to argue that prosecutors must provide proof of the second claim.

Prior to the February announcement of their intention to seek the death penalty, prosecutors had maintained that Mechels was on the farm for a well-being check.