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Sep 27, 2017 · The burned remains of 17-year-old Ally Lee Steinfeld were found last week in a bag in a rural southern Missouri chicken coop. Authorities said the transgender teen's eyes had been gouged out...
Jul 6, 2018 · July 6, 2018 / 4:55 PM EDT / CBS/AP. CABOOL, Mo. -- A second person charged in connection with the slaying of a transgender teenager in southwest Missouri has pleaded guilty. CBS affiliate KOLR ...
Nov 20, 2020 · 5:15. A Texas County man was sentenced to life without parole for the 2017 murder of a transgender teen. Andrew Vrba, now 21, was sentenced Friday in Greene County Judge Calvin Holden's courtroom....
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Aug 4, 2020 · Andrew Vrba, 21, is charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action and abandonment of a corpse in the killing of 17-year-old Ally Steinfeld. Three others have pleaded guilty for their...
- Question in The Trial: Was Steinfeld's Murder Premeditated?
- Vrba to Be Sentenced in November
- Judge Takes Issue with Greene County Jail
At question in Vrba's trial was not whether or not he killed Steinfeld, but rather if the murder was premeditated, the difference between first- and second-degree murder. His defense team maintained that Vrba's reason for stabbing Steinfeld never changed when he talked to investigators: that Steinfeld had said threatening things about Vrba's pregna...
Before announcing his decision Friday morning, Judge Calvin Holden made clear that there was no evidence presented at trial that Steinfeld was tortured or mutilated or that Steinfeld's gender identity had anything to do with the killing. Holden also detailed why he believed Vrba's actions were premeditated. "As soon as the murder was completed and ...
Prior to giving his decision, Holden took issue with how Greene County jail handled Friday's hearing. Due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the jail, inmates are no longer brought into the courthouse. More:Greene County jail reports more COVID-19 cases among inmates, staff Vrba and his defense attorneys were to participate in the hearing virtually from the...
Aug 7, 2020 · Ally Steinfeld murder trial: Case now in judge's hands. Jackie Rehwald. Springfield News-Leader. 0:03. 0:37. Within moments of sitting down with investigators to talk about a missing person's...
Jul 9, 2018 · By Associated Press. A second person charged in connection with the slaying of a transgender teenager in southwest Missouri has pleaded guilty. Ally Lee Steinfeld. Courtesy of Amber...
