ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) - A Buchanan County jury has convicted a man in the death of a man whose body was dumped near the Missouri River.
The St. Joseph News-Press reports (http://bit.ly/1lKncuV) that Robert Jarrell was convicted Friday of voluntary manslaughter, armed criminal action and abandonment of a corpse in the 2013 death of Jason Davies.
Authorities say Davies was beaten to death at a St. Joseph apartment before his body was taken to the river and dumped.
Defense attorney Michelle Davidson said Jarrell acted in self-defense.
Another defendant, Martin Rilinger pleaded guilty earlier to second-degree murder in the death. Rilinger was sentenced to 15 years in prison.