Driver who killed Jessica Mann, Jim Dodson, bound over for trial on latest DWI charge

Edward Meerwald, 64, Noel, was bound over for trial on his latest driving while intoxicated charge following a preliminary hearing today in Newton County Circuit Court.

Meerwald, the driver behind the wheel on July 30, 2004, when he ran off the road and killed eight-year-old Jessica Mann of Joplin and her grandfather, Jim Dodson, 69, Neosho, was already awaiting trial in McDonald County Circuit Court on a DWI charge when the Joplin Police Department arrested him May 3.
Meerwald's arraignment in the trial division is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. July 15