30-YEAR-OLD JESSE DEAN DRISKILL OF LEBANON WILL BE ARRAIGNED THIS AFTERNOON (WED) IN CONNECTION WITH A DOUBLE HOMICIDE IN RURAL LACLEDE COUNTY. DRISKILL IS CHARGED WITH 2 FELONY COUNTS OF MURDER, AND FOUR OTHER FELONY CHARGES, IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATHS OF 76-YEAR-OLD COLEEN WILSON AND 82-YEAR-OLD JOHNNIE WILSON. AUTHORITIES FOUND THE COUPLE ON MONDAY NIGHT AT THEIR HOME IN THE 30-THOUSAND BLOCK OF MARIGOLD ROAD IN LACLEDE COUNTY. THE WILSON'S WERE SHOT IN THE HEAD, AND WERE THEN COVERED WITH BLANKETS. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THAT DRISKILL ATTEMPTED TO COVER UP HIS CRIME BY SETTING THE BLANKETS ON FIRE . DRISKILL ALSO ALLEGEDLY STOLE THE WILSON'S CHEVY TRAIL BLAZER AND THEN DROVE IT TO ANOTHER LOCATION AND SET THE VEHICLE ON FIRE. IN ADDITION TO THE MURDER CHARGES, DRISKILL WAS ALSO CHARGED TUESDAY MORNING WITH TWO FELONY COUNTS OF ARMED CRIMINAL ACTION, AND TWO FELONY COUNTS OF BURGLARY IN THE FIRST DEGREE. DRISKILL IS SCHEDULED TO BE ARRAIGNED IN LACLEDE COUNTY COURT AT AROUND 1:30 THIS AFTERNOON. (WED)
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