A jury trial for a St. Louis man charged for his role in the death of a Columbia teen is delayed by two months.
Byron Sampson, 22, is charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, and first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle. He had been scheduled for a trial to begin in May but last Friday the judge overseeing the case rescheduled the trial to begin July 28.
The murder happened in October of 2024 in the 1900 block of Boyd Lane. Officers were called to the area to investigate reports of gunshots. When they arrived, they found a pickup truck crashed into a wooded area…