A Topeka, Kansas man has been arraigned in connection to a Miller County case over 30 years old. Martin Dean Priest appeared in a courtroom in Tuscumbia on Tuesday to be arraigned on a charge of capital murder in the death of Tammy Rothganger. Rothganger was a sophomore at Eldon High School when she disappeared in 1984. At the time, Priest was dating and living with her mother. Now 60 years old, Priest is serving a life-sentence in Kansas for murder and had previously served time on another murder conviction that was eventually overturned. A warrant was initially issued for Priest in January of 2016. He’s now scheduled for a preliminary hearing in August.
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