A middle-school football coach accused in the kidnapping and killing of a 10-year-old girl in southwest Missouri plans to plead not guilty, his public defender said in a brief hearing Friday.
Craig Michael Wood, 45, is accused of snatching Hailey Owens as she walked home from her best friend's house Tuesday evening in Springfield. Neighbors said they watched in horror as Hailey, just two blocks from her home, was pulled into a pickup truck that quickly sped away.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/c97a77a580014473987871264a2937df/US--Child-Abducted-Missouri
...good thing none of those neighbors were armed. This guy coulda been injured or something. Another 'stand your ground' tragedy averted.