News Release

For further information please contact: Sgt. Jason Clark
(573) 522-0980
DDCC03282008
March 28, 2008

EMPHASIS: Murder Investigation



Captain Luke Vislay, director of the Division of Drug and Crime Control, announces the arrest of Donald R. Nash, 65, of Beaufort, Missouri, for the murder of Judy Spencer.

Spencer was living in Salem, Missouri, when her body was discovered murdered in rural Dent County in March 1982. Investigators from the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Dent County Sheriff’s Office arrested Nash today at approximately 12:10 p.m. Nash is currently being held in the Dent County Jail without bond.

The above charge is mere accusation and is not evidence of guilt. Evidence in support of this charge must be presented before a court of competent jurisdiction whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.


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