Timmy Miller, 52, of High Ridge has been sentenced to six years in prison for helping hide the body of a St. Louis man who was beaten to death with
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High Ridge man sentenced to six years for helping hide body man beaten to death
Timmy Miller, 52, of High Ridge has been sentenced to six years in prison for helping hide the body of a St. Louis man who was beaten to death with a baseball bat in June 2019, according to court records.
Jason Isbell, 44, of Hillsboro allegedly beat the man, Samuel Israelsen, to death at a home north of High Ridge, and nearly two years later his body was found in a wooded area west of High Ridge, court documents show.
Isbell has been charged with first-degree murder, a class A felony punishable by death or life in prison without the possibility of probation or parole, as well as armed criminal action, an unclassified felony punishable by a minimum of three years in prison. A jury trial is scheduled for April 26, according to court records.
Jason Isbell, 45, Hillsboro faces life in prison after a Jefferson County jury convicted him Wednesday, April 27, of murdering Samuel Israelsen in 2019 in High Ridge.
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Hillsboro man convicted of murder for beating man to death in 2019
Jason Isbell, 45, Hillsboro faces life in prison after a Jefferson County jury convicted him Wednesday, April 27, of murdering Samuel Israelsen in 2019 in High Ridge.
Jefferson County Div. 1 Circuit Judge Joe Rathert presided over the two-day trial at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Hillsboro, and the jury spent 48 minutes deliberating before returning its guilty verdicts.
Isbell was convicted of first-degree murder, a class A felony, and armed criminal action, an unclassified felony, and he and faces life in prison without parole for the class A felony and a minimum of three years in prison for the unclassified felony.
He will remain in the Jefferson County Jail until his sentencing on July 11 before Rathert.