Rourn pleads not guilty in Jayme Thomas murder case
Rourn pleads not guilty in Jayme Thomas murder case
T-shirts and stickers in memory of slain 19-year-old Jayme Thomas were sold at a December auction to raise the reward in capturing her killer. The same night Johnny Rourn was arrested as the alleged shooter.
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Thu, 12/22/2011
29-year-old Johnny Rourn pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder (for the shooting death of Jayme Thomas) and second-degree assault (for injuring a 24-year-old male friend of Thomas's) on Dec. 22, according to King County Prosecutors.
Rourn is charged in the shooting that occurred on Nov. 5 at Redondo Beach in Des Moines.
His next court date is January 31 at 1:00pm in courtroom GA at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center. Rourn remains in jail on $1 million bail, according to Ian Goodhew with the prosecutor's office.
For additional background on the case, please check out The Highline Times story, "I shouldn't have given him that gun" Suspected shooter in Jayme Thomas case charged with second degree murder
