COLUMBIA — Former Columbia police officer Steven Rios was asked by commanding officers to identify the body of 23-year-old MU student Jesse Valencia and then guard the crime scene on the day of Valencia’s death, several Columbia police officers testified Wednesday morning, the second day of Rios’s retrial.
Rios was asked to identify Valencia's body, officers testify
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 | 12:47 p.m. CST;
updated 11:13 a.m. CST, Thursday, December 4, 2008
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