A LEBANON MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING A LACLEDE COUNTY COUPLE WILL BE BACK IN LACLEDE COUNTY COURT ON AUGUST 16TH. JESSE DEAN DRISKILL WAS ARRAIGNED THIS AFTERNOON IN LACLEDE COUNTY ON 2 COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER, 2 COUNTS OF ARMED CRIMINAL ACTION AND 2 COUNTS OF BURGLARY, IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER'S OF JOHNNIE AND COLLEEN WILSON. DRISKILL ALLEGEDLY SHOT THE ELDERLY COUPLE IN THE HEAD AFTER HE WAS CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF STEALING FROM THEM AND THEN TRIED TO BURN THEIR BODIES AND THEIR HOME TO COVER UP HIS CRIME ON MONDAY. DRISKILL WAS ARRESTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AT A LEBANON APARTMENT, JUST HOURS AFTER HE MURDERED THE COUPLE. DRISKILL PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO ALL CHARGES AGAINST HIM TODAY(WED). A PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE WAS SET FOR AUGUST 23RD.
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