An allegedly incriminating recording handed over by a murder suspect’s husband will be allowed as evidence in a high-profile trial, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled. Aug. 4, 2017: Investigators find charred human remains in the burned area on the farm. Aug. 4, 2017: Ruud marries her boyfriend of two years, Robert Peat Jr., then 31. Aug. 11, 2017: Ruud meets with an investigator from the Missouri State Public Defender’s Office and secretly records the conversation. Aug. 21, 2017: Ruud is arrested at the bus station in Springfield, 80 miles from Theodosia.

Source: CNN November 11, 2021 11:43 UTC