Saturday, February 20, 2016

Former Webb City principal/double murderer to be featured on Dateline

A double murder committed by former Webb City High School Principal Mark Porter will be featured on the 7 p.m. Sunday edition of Dateline on NBC.

Porter, who was at Webb City in the '90s, pleaded guilty to murdering Gary Tyrell, 60, and his wife, Jan Tyrell, 61, of Springfield  on May 1, 2014.

Porter pleaded guilty August 26 and was sentenced to two consecutive life terms.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I guess we never really know the evil that lurks within some people.

Anonymous said...

What is the date for the broadcast? This Sunday NBC is broadcasting the Olympics.

Anonymous said...

Nevermind, I just noticed the date of the article.

Randy said...

The broadcast was in February.