PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi grand jury has indicted an Oregon native on a capital murder charge in the death of a man whose body was found in a freezer.
The Sun Herald reports that 41-year-old Thomas Elliot Stafford is charged with strangling 65-year-old Jerry Floyd Kirkendall Sr. during a robbery at a Jackson County home in March 2017.
Federal marshals arrested Stafford in Portland, Oregon, after the killing.
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Kirkendall’s body was found in an unplugged freezer. His stolen Cadillac was found in Alabama. Authorities have said Stafford sold the car to a cousin for some cash and a gun.
Stafford’s trial is tentatively scheduled for Feb. 5. If convicted, he faces a possible death sentence.
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Information from: The Sun Herald, http://www.sunherald.com
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