A Jackson County jury Friday acquitted a Buckner man of a murder charge stemming from the 2008 shooting death of his live-in girlfriend.
Prosecutors had charged John F. Beltz, 25, with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the August 2008 death of Michelle Grush, 24, who had two children with Beltz.
The defense called former Jackson County medical examiner Thomas Young, who testified that Grush’s wound was self-inflicted, countering the homicide finding of current medical examiner Mary Dudley.
Defense attorney Dan Ross said the forensic evidence of suicide was compelling and “proved the correctness of my client’s innocence.”
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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