COLUMBIA — Opening statements are scheduled to begin Tuesday morning in the retrial of Steven Rios, a former Columbia police officer sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for the 2004 murder of 23-year-old MU student Jesse Valencia.
Rios murder retrial begins Tuesday
Monday, December 1, 2008 | 6:38 p.m. CST;
updated 11:13 a.m. CST, Thursday, December 4, 2008
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