MARSHALL — The 20-year-old man on trial for the murder of an elderly Marshall couple denied he committed the crimes Friday and testified that he never implicated other suspects. He also contended police fabricated his statements.
Lyndale Henderson is on trial in Saline County Circuit Court for the killings of Richard Shepard, 78, and Jessie Shepard, 72, who were found beaten and stabbed June 5, 2006, in their Marshall home, which was torched.
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