Scott P. Roeder charged with the murder of George Tiller
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Scott P. Roeder was charged with the first-degree murder of Wichita doctor George Tiller, the Wichita Eagle reports. Roeder was also charged with armed criminal action and ordered not to have any contact with the men he’s accused of pointing a gun at after allegedly shooting Tiller.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 16.
Wichita Eagle reporter Ron Sylverster’s writes on his Twitter that District Attorney Nola Foulston is explaining why this case doesn’t meet the requirements for the death penalty.
Here’s what else we found out today:
The office manager of Central Family Medicine in Kansas City, Kansas, claims Roeder glued the clinic’s locks shut twice in the last month, including the day before Roeder allegedly assassinated Tiller. A police report was filed and the FBI contacted (the license plate number given to the FBI matched the one police were looking for following Tiller’s killing).
