Sgt. Dale Pounds of the Missouri State Highway Patrol gestures to Deputy Melissa Emerick of the Texas County Sheriff's Department at a Roby crime scene. Authorities said Susan J. Campbell, 56, of Cabool was abducted from the Houston Walmart parking lot by her ex-boyfriend and later killed. The suspect, Kenneth R. Clark, 52, was flown to a St. Louis hospital in critical condition after attempting suicide.

A Texas County inmate accused of first-degree murder among other charges pleaded guilty Wednesday to reduced charges and will be sentenced on Aug. 1.

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