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   From: ros@hertitage.org   
      
   A Missouri man is facing a first-degree murder charge in the   
   killing of a teenage boy who was shot twice in the head and left   
   in a drainage ditch 29 years ago.   
      
   The cold case arrest of William Niemet, 43, of Fulton, for the   
   1991 murder of 15-year-old Gregory Jones marked the second time   
   he has been charged in connection with the slaying, according to   
   a report.   
      
   He was first arrested days after authorities found the teen's   
   body in June 1991, Fox 22 Columbia reported Friday.   
      
   The case then was brought in juvenile court, and court documents   
   do not say what Niemet, who was then 14, was charged with,   
   according to the station. The case was eventually dropped and   
   Niemet filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the county   
   and then-Sheriff John Hemeyer in 1997.   
      
   The lawsuit claimed the sheriff used "false information" to   
   imprison Niemet in order to “sweat out” a confession to the   
   murder, according to the station. The court dismissed the case,   
   saying Niemet had not shown any proof that Hemeyer fabricated   
   evidence against him.   
      
   At a news conference Thursday, Cole County Prosecutor Locke   
   Thompson said that advancements in forensic technology, not   
   available in 1991, led to Niemet’s new arrest, according to the   
   Jefferson City News Tribune. He did not say what those   
   advancements were.   
      
   Authorities found Gregory's body six weeks after his parents   
   reported him missing when he failed to show up for dinner.   
      
   The paper quoted the court papers as saying that over the course   
   of the investigation, multiple witnesses came forward claiming   
   Niemet claimed responsibility for Gregory’s murder “with three   
   witnesses reporting Niemet told them about the murder.”   
      
   Fox 22 reported that Niemet was also tied to another suspicious   
   death in 2005. The victim, Shawanda Reed, was shot to death a   
   year after purchasing a home from Niemet and another man.   
      
   Niemet collected $150,000 in life insurance after Reed died,   
   according to the station.   
      
   The payout led to a lawsuit that said Niemet was a person of   
   interest in the woman's killing, according to the station.   
      
   The Columbia Daily Tribune reported in 2006 that Niemet had been   
   arrested and charged with taking out a fraudulent life insurance   
   policy on Reed and forging documents to secure financing on her   
   home, but that the charges were later dropped by prosecutors due   
   to lack of evidence.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/us/arrest-made-in-missouri-cold-case-   
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