MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) - A man accused of killing a Missouri woman and leaving her body along a southern Illinois road has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder.
KFVS-TV (https://bit.ly/1rl5zpu ) reports 28-year-old Brandon Banks was arraigned Wednesday in Illinois’ Jackson County.
Prosecutors there allege Banks killed 40-year-old Marsha Ann Brown of Cape Girardeau, Mo., which also is Banks’ hometown. Brown’s body was found in January in tall weeds on a small embankment near Makanda (muh-KAN’-duh).
Banks was arrested in St. Louis two days after Brown’s body was found, and he was returned to Illinois to face prosecution.
He’s jailed on $1 million bond.
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Information from: KFVS-TV, https://www.kfvs12.com
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