Man accused of murder in February Moberly homicide case arrested in Illinois
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A man who was accused of murder in a shooting death in Moberly earlier this year has been arrested.
A Wednesday press release from the Moberly Police Department says Todd Turner, 38, was arrested in Cahokia Heights, Illinois, on suspicion of first-degree murder in the death of Donald Hickem. He was charged with the crime in Randolph County on Wednesday afternoon. Turner is currently being held in the St. Clair County Jail in Illinois and waiting to be extradited back to Randolph County, the release says.
The release says Hickem, 37, was found dead with gunshot wounds in the 500 block of North Moulton Street on Feb. 1. Charges including first-degree murder and armed criminal action were initially filed against Timothy Turner, 37, of Columbia.
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. Timothy Turner allegedly had a knife and started swinging while police were at the residence, previous reporting shows.
Court documents in previous reporting say a phone registered to Timothy Turner was found at the Moberly residence, court documents say. 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 filed on Wednesday 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. Additional information from cellphones and video allegedly showed the Turners at a gas station in Wright City later in the day on Feb. 1.
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