Byron Christopher Case is an American writer and poet imprisoned in Missouri since 2001 for first-degree murder.
In May 2011, several of Case's blog posts were republished in issue 27 of Meridian, the semi-annual journal of the University of Virginia.
[4][5] In 1998, Case pleaded guilty to a charge of Felony Stealing in Clay County, Missouri, receiving a suspended sentence and probation.
[6] On May 2, 2002, Case was convicted of first-degree murder[4] for the shooting and killing of Anastasia Witbols Feugen, a former classmate 18 years of age and off and on again girl friend of his best friend Justin Carlton Bruton (who was considered a person of interest in Anastasia's death and who died of suicide shortly after), inside Lincoln Cemetery in Jackson County, Missouri, on the night of October 22, 1997.
On June 28, 2002, Case received concurrent sentences of life without parole,[1][5] and is currently an inmate of Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center.