Stories from Thursday, August 20, 2020

George Coleman Railsback, 85, of Pierce City, died Aug. 19, at Pierce City. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, Aug. 21, at Lakin Funeral Home in Pierce City. Visitation will take place from 1 to 2 p.m. prior to the service. Burial will take place at Pierce City Cemetery at a later date...

Joshua Dale Reynolds, 37, of Mt. Vernon, died at 3:05 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 16, at Mercy Hospital in Aurora. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at Freedom 4 One in Aurora. Arrangements are under the direction of Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon...

Two more subjects are now in custody in the ongoing homicide investigation of Sarah Pasco, 27 of Aurora, which began Sunday, Aug. 16. Kimberly K. Henderson, 47, of Stotts City, and Frank Sheridan, Jr., 27, of Aurora, turned themselves over to investigators in Lawrence County Wednesday evening...

A man facing first-degree murder, armed criminal action and kidnapping charges was arrested Thursday night. At about 6 p.m. Gary Hunter Jr., 23, of Mt. Vernon, was arrested without incident at a hotel in Branson. Hunter is one of nine people facing murder charges stemming from the death of Sarah Pasco, 27, of Aurora, and wounding of a second victim in Miller on Sunday...

The number of people facing charges relating to the murder in Miller on Sunday has grown to nine, with last person arrested in Branson on Thursday. The suspected triggerman, Gary Hunter Jr., 23, of Mt. Vernon, who allegedly killed Sarah Pasco, 27, of Aurora, and seriously injured another victim, was taken into custody without incident at about 6 p.m. Thursday...