State requests more time in case against women charged in connection with officer-involved shooting
Olivia Hayes
PARIS, Mo. (KMIZ)
The state has requested more time for evidence discovery in its case against Patty and Lois Armour.
Lois Armour, 78, and Patty Armour, 51, both of Paris, are charged with second-degree murder and hindering a felony prosecution.
The state was expected to present its case against Lois Armour on Wednesday in a preliminary hearing in front of a Monroe County judge. Patty Armour was set for a bond hearing. Both women have been held in the Randolph County jail on no bond since their arrests.
The two women will now face a judge at 1:30 p.m. Dec. 5 for a preliminary hearing.
Monroe County does not have a grand jury, so the preliminary hearing is done to make the state establish probable cause to move to a jury trial. The state will present evidence, and witnesses are expected to take the stand. The defense can also cross-examine during the hearing.
Lois and Patty Armour are accused of hiding Charles Armour’s from law enforcement officers on a day he got into a shootout with law enforcement.
Charles Armour, 57, was killed in a shootout last month with law enforcement after he was identified as a person of interest in a Ralls County homicide investigation.
Charles Armour is accused of killing Jonathan Floyd, 55, of Perry, Missouri.
A Randolph County deputy was hit by gunfire and flown to a hospital. Boggs wrote that the deputy is expected to make a full recovery after several surgeries.