JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A grand jury in Missouri’s Cole County has indicted a Jefferson City man in connection with a February stabbing death.
The Jefferson City News Tribune (https://bit.ly/2nOXY9n ) reports that the indictment charges 52-year-old Michael Phillips with second-degree murder and armed criminal action.
Police say officers responding to an apartment complex found 46-year-old Michael Taylor bleeding from stab wounds. He later died at a hospital.
Investigators say Phillips and Taylor had been visiting acquaintances when a dispute between the two men escalated.
Phillips’ public defender, Erin Kirsch, declined to comment Thursday.
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Information from: Jefferson City News Tribune, https://www.newstribune.com
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