All 9 suspected in murder of Pasco now in custody

Gruesome details emerge in horrific Law. Co. murder
All nine people charged with the murder of Sarah Pasco and shooting of another woman last week have been arrested.
Siera Dunham, 18, of Mt. Vernon; Diona Parks, 26, of Stotts City; Lyle DeLong, 23, of Stotts City; Andrew Cypret, 27, of Billings; Steven Calverley, 29, of Republic; Christina Knapp, 38, of Stotts City; Kimberly Henderson, 47, of Stotts City; Frank Sheridan, 27, of Aurora and Gary Hunter, 23, of Mt. Vernon, are in custody in the Lawrence County Jail in Mt. Vernon.
Dunham and Parks were booked into the jail on Monday, Aug. 17. DeLong and Cypret were booked into the jail on Tuesday, Aug. 18. Calverley and Knapp were booked on Wed., Aug. 19; Henderson and Sheridan turned themselves into the jail that same day. Hunter— the suspected shooter—was captured at a motel in Branson and surrendered without incident on Thursday, Aug. 20; he was later booked into the Lawrence County Jail that day.
Suspects allegedly made victims dig graves
According to an updated probable cause statement in the case, the incident began at the pavilion located at the intersection of Mt. Vernon and Center Streets in Stotts City. Hunter allegedly walked up to a truck being driven by a woman identified as the “Confidential Victim,” in which Pasco was a passenger. Hunter asked the Confidential Victim to be let into the truck, which she did. Once he was in the truck, Hunter allegedly put a gun to Pasco’s head and ordered the other woman to drive; they went to Knapp’s residence.
Once they arrived, Hunter told Knapp to get his “AR/AK” style rifle; Knapp reportedly retrieved it from a black Ford Explorer LP and gave it to Hunter. Hunter then ordered the women out of the truck; they refused at first, but Hunter shot the rifle into the truck and again ordered them out; this time the women complied.
Cypret, who lived on the property, allegedly came over to where the women were “digging grave holes” in Knapp’s yard. Hunter allegedly handed the rifle to Cypret, who then sat and watched the women dig holes while Hunter said he was going into the house “to get a .22 to cap them.”
At one point, the two women were getting into the trunk of Cypret’s vehicle, and as they did so, Dunham said she wanted the shoes Pasco was wearing. Hunter allegedly said, “No,” because Pasco was going to “need them where they were going.” However, after Pasco was in the trunk, Hunter took her shoes and gave them to Dunham.

 Cypret also admitted to following Hunter, who was driving the truck owned by the Confidential Victim out to a location west of Miller. Allegedly, Sheridan and Dunham also rode in the truck to the spot where the two women were shot. After they arrived at the location, Hunter then allegedly told DeLong, Parks and Cypret to get in the truck and go, and they left the area.
Evidence abounds
Later, Cypret said, he received a phone call from Hunter, in which Hunter told Cypret, “I need you to burn the truck or you are really going to screw me.” Cypret said he relayed this message to DeLong and Parks. DeLong started looking for something to put into the truck’s gas reservoir; Cypret said he took off his shirt and gave it to him. DeLong then put the shirt into the gas reservoir and lit it with a lighter supplied by Parks.
Dunham was also read her Miranda Rights; in a post-Miranda interview, she admitted to being at Knapp’s residence on Sunday, Aug. 16. After she was asked about where her shoes came from, she took them off; they were put into evidence.
The burned truck was later found in Dade County.
Victim speaks
Days later, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, the Confidential Victim was interviewed by detectives from the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office. She said that she and Pasco were ordered to get into the well, and they did. The old well was approximately 8-feet across, 25-feet deep, rock lined and located just over three miles west of Miller.
The Confidential Victim said that Hunter asked Pasco, “Where is Haley?” (This name was redacted in an earlier version of the probable cause statement). The Confidential Victim reported that when Pasco said she didn’t know where Haley was, Hunter then said, “You can thank Haley for this,” and shot her in the head, killing her. The Confidential Victim said she was also shot, but she managed to hide under Pasco’s body and “played dead” until Hunter and “the other person” left.
The accused now captured
All nine of those accused in the crime are charged with First-Degree Murder, Armed Criminal Action and First-Degree Assault; they are all being held without bond.
Family tradition
The Springfield News- Leader reported that Lyle DeLong is the son of Richard DeLong, who murdered Erin Vanderhoef and her three children Christopher, 10; Jimmy, 11 and Dara, 9 in 1999. Vanderhoeff was also pregnant with another girl at the time, Hannah. Richard DeLong murdered Vanderhoeff to avoid paying child support, Hannah was his; and killed the other children with the help of an accomplice to avoid leaving behind witnesses. He was found guilty of the murders in 2001 and is currently serving five consecutive life sentences in prison. His accomplice, Harold Lingle, was also found guilty and received the same sentence. Stacie Leffingwell, Richard DeLong’s girlfriend at the time and Lyle DeLong’s mother, was suspected to have also taken part in the murders, but she died of AIDS before she could be brought to trial.