Malakai Salyers’ Trial Relocated to Miller County
The trial for Malakai Salyers, one of two suspects in a Phillipsburg murder case, is being relocated from Laclede County to Miller County. Salyers is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the June 2025 shooting death of…
Springfield, MO, October 22, 2026 —
The trial of Malakai Salyers, one of two suspects in a Phillipsburg murder case, is being moved from Laclede County to Miller County. Salyers is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the June 2025 shooting death of David Arbogast in Phillipsburg.
The case involves two defendants. Salyers’ co-defendant has already been sentenced, according to the information provided. The co-defendant’s name, sentence and the circumstances of that sentencing were not provided.
The reason for moving Salyers’ trial to Miller County was not specified. The information also did not include a date for the trial, details about the relocation decision or whether any other proceedings have been scheduled. It does not state how Salyers has pleaded to the charges.
The charges against Salyers are allegations; the information provided does not report a verdict in his case. First-degree murder and armed criminal action are the charges listed, but no further details about the allegations or evidence were included.
Arbogast was identified as the person killed in the June 2025 shooting in Phillipsburg. No further information about the shooting, including its precise location, the circumstances surrounding it or any investigative findings, was provided. The available details establish the change in trial venue and the charges Salyers faces, but leave the reason for the move and the case’s next scheduled steps unspecified.
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