A Jackson County jury Friday acquitted a Buckner man of a murder charge stemming from the 2008 shooting death of his live-in girlfriend.
Prosecutors had charged John F. Beltz, 25, with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the August 2008 death of Michelle Grush, 24, who had two children with Beltz.
The defense called former Jackson County medical examiner Thomas Young, who testified that Grush’s wound was self-inflicted, countering the homicide finding of current medical examiner Mary Dudley.
Defense attorney Dan Ross said the forensic evidence of suicide was compelling and “proved the correctness of my client’s innocence.”
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