COLUMBIA — In the days immediately following the June 2004 death of Jesse Valencia, former Columbia police officer Steven Rios behaved in an increasingly erratic manner, even threatening suicide twice, Columbia police officers testified Wednesday in the second day of Rios’ murder retrial.
Rios threatened suicide twice after Valencia murder, police testify Wednesday
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 | 10:56 p.m. CST;
updated 12:07 a.m. CST, Thursday, December 4, 2008
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