Moberly murder suspect has arraignment scheduled for next week
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A man who was arrested in Illinois last week and charged with first-degree murder in Randolph County is in custody in Missouri.
Todd Turner, 38, of Cahokia Heights, Illinois, was charged with first-degree murder last week in the death of Donald Hickem on Feb. 1. He was booked into the jail at 2:21 p.m. Monday. A judge on Tuesday scheduled his arraignment for 1:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11. He is being held without bond.
Hickem, 37, was found dead with gunshot wounds in the 500 block of North Moulton Street on Feb. 1.
Timothy Turner, 37, of Columbia, was initially charged in the case with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. Timothy Turner was shot and killed by Columbia police after a standoff in the 1500 block of Raleigh Drive in Columbia. Charges were not filed against the officers said to be involved.
Court documents in previous reporting say a phone registered to Timothy Turner was found at the Moberly residence in the 500 block of North Moulton Street.
A witness who knew Timothy Turner allegedly told police that the Turners entered an alley near the home and Todd Turner had told Timothy to put his gun away, court documents say.
The witness walked down the alley and heard four-to-five shots, the statement in previous reporting says. The witness went inside a home and came back out to see the Turners in a vehicle, with Timothy Turner pointing a gun at the witness, the statement says.
The witness claimed in a probable cause statement that they left with the Turners in Timothy Turner’s vehicle and they planned on driving to Illinois.
The statement says that lab results from June 18 determined the bullets recovered from Hickem’s body were fired from two different guns.