State v. Lingle

JEFFREY W. BATES, Judge.

Harold R. Lingle (“Defendant”) was charged by information with five counts of committing the class A felony of murder in the first degree, in violation of § 565.020. 1 These five charges stemmed from the strangulation deaths of Erin Vanderhoef (“Vanderhoef’) and her three children: Darlene Vanderhoef, Jimmy Vanderhoef and Christopher Franklin (“the children”). The evidence presented at trial showed Defendant and two other individuals, Richard DeLong (“DeLong”) and Stacie Leffingwell (“Leffingwell”), collectively planned and carried out these five murders. 2 A jury…