Trial for Beauty Queen's Murder Begins Today
By: Alexa Hamblin
Updated: July 9, 2007
The first-degree murder trial of 21-year-old Kevin Jones of Dover is scheduled to get underway today at the Franklin County Courthouse in Ozark. Jones is accused in the December 2005 slaying of his girlfriend, 19-year-old Nona Dirksmeyer. An autopsy revealed that she died after being hit on the head with the base of a floor lamp in her Russellville apartment, and having her throat cut 






