Roommate of Wright likely to be key witness in murder trial

Wednesday, January 26, 2011 | 2:05 p.m. CST; updated 11:55 a.m. CST, Monday, January 31, 2011

COLUMBIA — Opening statements in Johnny Wright’s murder trial set the scene of Columbia in 1976, blowing 34 years of dust from scraps of evidence and statements about the disappearance and presumed death of Becky Doisy on Aug. 5, 1976.

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