Barton County prosecutor Steven Kaderly says he plans to seek the death penalty for a Lockwood man charged with killing a Golden City girl last August. 12-year-old Adriaunna Horton was abducted from a Golden City park and her body was found a couple of days later in nearby Dade County. An autopsy report said she had been strangled. 34-year-old Bobby Bourne, Jr. has been charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and rape and was bound over to Barton County circuit court for trial nearly a month ago. Kaderly has filed a notice will seek the death penalty -- citing five aggravating circumstances required by state law -- if Bourne is convicted.
Prosecutors from the office of Missouri attorney-general are to assist the Barton County prosecutor. Public defender Thomas Jacquinot has obtained an order from 28th circuit presiding judge James R. Bickel allowing Bourne to appear in person -- rather than by closed-circuit video -- for a formal circuit court arraignment February 19. Bourne is serving time in the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center at Bonne Terre for prior convictions.
