Jury Finds Man Guilty of Murder in the Second Degree
Michael Allan Black was sentenced to 25 years for the murder of Alexander Koch and 10 years for armed criminal action on Friday, July 23, 2021.
Jury Finds Michael Black Guilty of Murder Second Degree
A rural Bowling Green man on trial for fatally shooting his
stepson nearly four years ago has been found guilty.
After a four-day trial at the Pike County Courthouse, jurors found Michael Black, 64, guilty of the 2017 murder of his stepson Alexander Koch. Black was also found guilty of armed criminal action in addition to the murder verdict.
Koch was 31 at the time of his death.
CLARKSVILLE, Mo. â Two men are at large after Pike County Sheriffâs deputies witnessed a theft in rural Clarksville and began a pursuit where a law enforcement vehicle was struck by the get-away vehicle.
Deputies responded to rural Clarksville for a theft in progress, where they saw two people taking walnut trees from a historic cemetery about 9:44 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28. Two deputies plus a working dog in a single vehicle located a 2019 white Ram pickup truck on private property. Deputies activated their emergency equipment to detain the truck.
The truck attempted to ram the patrol vehicle. Deputies followed, eventually losing sight of the vehicle. A couple of minutes later, another deputy traveling south on Mo. 79 encountered the truck heading north at more than 120 mph with the headlights off. The deputy pursued the suspect, vehicle eventually losing the truck in a field near Pike 245.