Son indicted for murder in connection to Murphysboro, IL couple’s death

http://www.kfvs12.com/story/36129252/son-indicted-for-murder-in-connection-to-murphysboro-il-couples-death

Keith Ritcherson, provided to KFVS by Jackson County Sheriff’s department

MURPHYSBORO, IL – (Alicia Dombrick, KFVS-TV. Please click for the link for the full story.  Here is an excerpt below.)

A Grand Jury in Jackson County, Illinois has indicted a Murphysboro man on four counts of First Degree Murder in connection to the shooting deaths of his parents.

Keith R. Ritcheson, 40, is being held at the Jackson County Jail on $1 million bond. Court documents show that Ritcheson is accused of shooting his parents, Brenda and Burl Ritcheson in their rural Murphysboro home overnight between Sunday, Aug. 13 and Monday, Aug. 14.

According to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, an arrest warrant was issued for Keith Ritcheson on Thursday, Aug. 17 and he was arrested at 11 p.m.

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