Central Missouri Man Found Guilty In Death of 3-Year-Old Boy In Cass County

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A central Missouri man has been convicted in the abuse death of a 3-year-old boy that was reported as a fatal hit-and-run accident. A Cass County jury on Wednesday found Thomas Presley guilty of first-degree murder and child abuse in the February 2012 death of his girlfriend's son, Blake Litton of Stover. The child's mother, Jamie Litton, is scheduled to go on trial in August in Laclede County for first-degree murder.