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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Drunk driver indicted for double murder

Staff Report
When the Webster County Grand Jury met earlier this month, it passed down an indictment on Christopher S. Duncan, 43 of Dixon.


Duncan was charged in relation to a July 19 accident that resulted in the deaths of two motorist.

The KSP accident report stated that Duncan was operating a 1996 Ford Ranger westbound in the eastbound lane of travel on Highway 132 when he met a 2002 Yamaha motorcycle in a curve.  The pickup truck struck the motorcycle head-on, ejecting the operator, Johnathan G. Gray, 24, Utica, and the passenger, Paula M. Hamilton, 26, Livermore.

Both occupants of the motorcycle were pronounced dead at the scene by the Webster County Coroner.  Neither victim was wearing a helmet.

The Grand Jury passed down indictments on one count of Operating a Motor Vehicle Under the Influence and two counts of murder.

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