Grand jury indicts Barway Collins' dad for premeditated murder
A Crystal man accused of killing his son has been indicted on counts of first-degree premeditated murder and intentional second-degree murder by a Hennepin County grand jury.
The charges are stiffer than those initially filed against 33-year-old Pierre Collins, who was charged in April with second-degree murder in Barway's death.
According to court records, the latest indictment came last week.
Collins is accused of killing his 10-year-old son Barway Collins on March 18. Nearly a month later when the boy's body was recovered from the Mississippi River.
Pierre Collins' next court hearing is set for July.
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