Trial For Steve Pankey, Accused In Jonelle Matthews 1984 Murder, Ends In Mistrial On 3 Charges
The trial in a decades-old murder has ended in a mistrial after the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict. on three of the four charges.
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The trial in a decades-old murder has ended in a mistrial after the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict. on three of the four charges.
The jury will reconvene on Thursday after failing to reach a verdict for the second day of deliberations in the Jonelle Matthews murder trial.
The case of a man charged in a near four-decades-old murder mystery is now in the hands of a jury. Steve Pankey is accused of kidnapping and killing 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews in Greeley in 1984.
Closing arguments began Tuesday morning in the trial for Steve Pankey, accused of murdering Jonelle Matthews in December 1984.
Four people tragically lost their lives in crash on Highway 85 in Weld County on Saturday.
Choosing to testify in his own defense, Steve Pankey was grilled by prosecutors who say he murdered 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews in December 1984.
Charged with the murder of 13-year-old Jonelle Matthews in 1984, alleged murderer Steve Pankey took the stand in his own defense on Thursday.
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A second week of testimony began on Oct. 18 in the Jonelle Matthews murder trial in Wed County.
Opening statements began in the trial for the Idaho man charged in the murder of Jonelle Matthews, a nearly four-decades-old case that gripped Colorado.
A school bus and an SUV were involved in a crash in Weld County.
The trial for an Idaho man charged in the murder of Jonelle Matthews, a nearly four-decades-old case that gripped Colorado, began on Wednesday. Steve Pankey has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and murder.
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