MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Division of Drug and Crime Control - P.O. Box 568 - Jefferson City, Mo. 65102


News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Erik Eidson
(573) 522-0980
01062012
January 6, 2012

EMPHASIS: Randolph County Inmate Death Investigation

Captain Kyle Marquart, director of the Division of Drug and Crime Control, is informing the public that members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol's Division of Drug and Crime Control are investigating the death of Shannon Baker, 39, from Moberly, Missouri. Baker, an inmate at the Randolph County Jail, was found deceased in his cell on January 5, 2012. The cause of death is unknown, pending results of an autopsy.
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