The closure of the courtroom to the public amid the COVID-19 pandemic was not the "perfect solution," the judge said, but there were no "reasonable alternatives."
The closure of the courtroom to the public amid the pandemic was not the 'perfect solution,' the judge said, but there were no 'reasonable alternatives.'
A criminal complaint alleges a 7-year-old victim told her mother, and later authorities, that she was molested by Burke on numerous occasions in St. Louis County.