Russ Faria

Leah Chaney joins Merkel's defense team
TROY – A former Lincoln County sheriff’s deputy accused of lying twice in a pair of highly-publicized murder trials has a new attorney: the prosecutor who had him testify.

Hupp trial set for August 2026
ST. CHARLES - If Justice is ever rendered in the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria, it won’t be delivered quickly.