WALKER - Matthew Michael Martin, 19, who is accused of murdering 15-year-old Molly Jean Rice at Backus Aug. 4, pleaded not guilty Nov. 13 in Cass County District Court to eight felony grand jury indictments filed against...

Matthew Michael Martin, 19, of Pine River has pleaded guilty for the August murder of 15-year-old Molly Jean Rice at a Pine Mountain Lake cabin near Backus. Photos Martin entered a guilty plea to premeditated first-degree murder on Monday...

...indicted Matthew Michael Martin, 19, Backus, on five counts of felony first-degree murder in the Aug. 4 death of Molly Jean Rice, 15, Backus. Photos The indictment is the first public Cass County Court document to identify the victim. In addition...

...April 9 omnibus hearing and May 5 jury trial dates in Cass County District Court. Photos Martin is accused of killing Molly Jean Rice, 15, Backus, in August near Backus. Martin also faces four counts of felony first-degree murder while committing...

...and one of felony third-degree criminal sexual conduct. Photos Back | Next Back | Next Martin stabbed and shot Molly Jean Rice, 15, Backus, in August at Backus. After the verdict was read, Judge John P. Smith immediately sentenced Martin...

...identified in the criminal complaint. The Dispatch has learned funeral services are Thursday in Backus for 15-year-old Molly Jean Rice. Matthew Martin Martin had been staying in the Backus area. His last driver's license listed a Brainerd address...

...Fisher confirmed the girl's age and hometown. Kline Funeral Home in Pine River on Monday released an obituary for Molly Jean Rice, 15, Backus, who died near Backus. Rice's funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Lakeside Baptist Church...

...pleaded guilty in Cass County District Court to first-degree murder for the August 2007 murder of 15-year-old Molly Jean Rice at a Pine Mountain Lake cabin near Backus. He was sentenced to life in prison. In May, Robert Eugene O'Jala pleaded...

BACKUS - Molly Jean Rice, age 15, of Backus, died near Backus. Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, at Lakeside Baptist Church in Backus. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church. Arrangements are with Kline Funeral Home, Pine River.

BACKUS - Molly Jean Rice, age 15, of Backus, died near Backus. Molly was born Nov. 6, 1991, in Brainerd. She is survived by her parents, Karl Rice...