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Investigator lied under oath in Betsy Faria murder case, prosecutor says

Summary by Fox 2 Now St Louis
LINCOLN COUNTY, Mo. - A former investigator in the high-profile 2011 murder case of Betsy Faria - later linked to Pam Hupp - is now accused of lying under oath during testimony in Lincoln County, prosecutors say. On Tuesday, the Lincoln County Prosecuting Attorney's Office charged Michael A. Merkel, 46, of Troy, Missouri, with two felony counts of perjury in criminal trial to secure conviction of murder. Court documents allege that Merkel provid…

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St Louis Post-Dispatch broke the news in St. Louis, United States on Wednesday, June 4, 2025.
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