By Associated Press - Friday, May 22, 2015

MARSHFIELD, Mo. (AP) - A southwest Missouri man is charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 22-year-old Springfield woman.

The Webster County Prosecuting Attorney on Friday charged Kevin Newman in the death of Ashley Onescu. She was last seen June 30, 2014, in Springfield getting into a car with two men she knew. Mushroom hunters found her remains outside Fordland last month.

Newman is currently jailed in Greene County on unrelated charges. His bail is set at $1 million.

Online court records do not indicate that Newman has an attorney.

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