Prosecutor asks that victim's family be allowed to attend former Webb City principal's murder trial

Normally, there would be no question about a murder victim's family being allowed to attend the trial and all hearings for the accused murderer, but Gary and Jan Tyrrell's family is also on the witness list.

Witnesses are routinely kept from attending other portions of a trial to keep from having their testimony influenced.

Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Daniel Patterson filed  a motion for victim's rights August 29, asking that the Tyrrell family be allowed to attend all hearings in the case against former Webb City High School Principal Mark Porter, who is charged with two counts of first degree murder in connection with the April 30 slayiings of the Tyrrells at their Springfield home.

Porter's preliminary hearing is scheduled for October 22.