(From the Barton County Prosecuting Attorney)
Lane R. Bronson entered a guilty plea on October 7, 2021, in the Circuit Court of Barton County, Missouri. Bronson pleaded guilty to the felony of murder in the 2nd degree for causing the death of Terry G. Harless.
Harless was shot and killed on July 13, 2020, at his residence in Lamar, Missouri. The investigation was conducted by the Lamar Police Department and the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
On July 23, 2024, Judge Dean Dankelson sentenced Bronson to 20 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections, concurrent with his sentence imposed by the United States District Court on a separate criminal matter.
Bronson is the second of three defendants who have been sentenced in this case. The third defendant, David William Morris, is currently in custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Morris will be returning to Barton County to answer his charges in this case.
Originally appeared on The Turner Report
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