BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A Puxico, Mo., father and son were ordered to stand trial Thursday in connection with an apparent high-speed crash that left a pedestrian dead.
Accompanied by his attorney, Rance Butler, Wesley G. Faries was to appear before Associate Circuit Judge Joe Satterfield for a preliminary hearing on the Class C felony of first-degree involuntary manslaughter.
Faries verbally waived his hearing, and Satterfield ordered the 39-year-old to appear at 10 a.m. June 7 before Presiding Circuit Judge Robert Mayer for arraignment on the charge.
He is accused of recklessly causing the Feb. 17 death of Phillip A. Manning of Sikeston, Mo., by striking the 21-year-old with his vehicle at speeds in excess of 100 mph.
Manning, according to earlier reports, was in the roadway when he allegedly was struck by a 2009 Cadillac XLR being driven southbound on Highway 51, one mile south of Puxico.
A short time after his son appeared in court Thursday, Garey L. Faries, 76, also appeared before Satterfield with his attorney, Briney Welborn.
He too verbally waived his preliminary hearing on the Class E felony of hindering prosecution, and Satterfield ordered he appear before Mayer for arraignment on the same day as his son.
At the time of the crash, the elder Faries told Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers he had been driving the vehicle, which struck Manning. It later was determined he was not the driver.
Garey Faries, according to the complaint, is accused of preventing the prosecution of his son ... by means of deception ... by "falsely claiming he was the driver of the vehicle which caused the crash" investigated by Trooper Russell Gibson.
During the investigation, Gibson reportedly received information indicating his initial driver information was incorrect.
Both men, according to Gibson's probable-cause affidavit, were interviewed.
The elder Faries "insisted that he was the driver," but his son later admitted to being the driver, Gibson said.
The younger Faries told Gibson "he called his wife and father to come to the crash scene and get him," Gibson said. "His father, Garey L. Faries, agreed to identify himself as the driver."
The Farieses remain free on bond.