The defense and prosecution rested their cases on the fourth day of the rape trial in a Columbia sex trafficking case, leaving the jury to deliberate Thursday afternoon.
Boone County prosecutors called on several witnesses, including an FBI agent, a former supervisor at the Welcome Inn and a mental health counselor during the second day of William Thomas Jr. s rape trial.
Collins was charged with sex trafficking a child in the second degree, endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree, neglect of a child and accessory to rape