Trial set for man accused of Kansas City trail killings

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A man charged with killing six people on or near trails in south Kansas City, Missouri, in 2016 and 2017 is now set to stand trial next year.

A judge on Thursday set Fredrick Scott’s first-degree murder trial date for Sept. 6, 2022.

Earlier this year, Scott had been found not mentally competent to stand in the separate shooting deaths of 57-year-old Steven Gibbons; 54-year-old John Palmer; 67-year-old David Lenox; 57-year-old Timothy Rice; 61-year-old Michael Darby; and 64-year-old Karen Harmeyer.

The killings terrorized those who used and lived near the popular trails in south Kansas City.