Seneca woman charged with 1st degree murder and armed criminal action 

NEOSHO, Mo. – A Seneca woman has been charged with Murder in the First Degree and Armed  Criminal Action after the death by gunshot of David Wesley Stotts on December 23, 2021. 

Susette Anderson, 62, of Neosho was charged on the two-count complaint and is currently being  held on a no-bond warrant issued by Judge Christine Rhoades of the 40th Judicial Circuit. 

The charges contained in the complaints against the defendants are simply accusations and not  evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting these charged must be presented to a jury of the  defendants’ peers, and all criminal defendants are innocent unless and until proven guilty in a  court of law.

This case was investigated by members of the Newton County Sheriff’s Office, the  case will be prosecuted by the Newton County Prosecutor’s Office.