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Closing arguments in Miller trial set to begin Thursday morning; pathologist says Hayes' cause of death was cuts to neck

March 20, 2025 | By David Adam, MRN Editor

PARIS, Mo. — Closing arguments in the Lyle Miller first-degree murder trial in Monroe County Circuit Court are scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Thursday. The prosecution rested its case early Wednesday afternoon, and the defense only called one witness before resting. Miller testified before Judge Rick Tucker that he was waiving his right to…

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'He is reasonable doubt': Defense attorney grills man who claimed Miller told him he killed Hayes

March 19, 2025 | By David Adam, MRN Editor

PARIS, Mo. — Miranda Loesch with the Missouri Attorney General’s Office told the seven-woman, five-man jury for the Lyle Miller first-degree murder trial that Miller, a hired hand at Betty Hayes’ cattle farm, admitted he wrapped her body in 9-gauge wire, attached it to a cement block and threw her body in a pond on…

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