TROY, MO (KTVI) – Former murder convict Russ Faria walked out of prison after more than three years. He bonded out of the Lincoln County jail Monday after learning he`ll get a new trial.
For the first time since his wife Betsy was stabbed to death in 2011, Russ Faria talked outside of a jail cell.
Faria didn`t know he was getting out today. Then he walked out to squeeze his relatives like never before.
He started by hugging his Mom, while seeming to cry and laugh at the same time. Faria said, “I was surprised. I knew people were trying to get me out, but I didn`t know it would be this soon. They came back and told me to pack my stuff so I kind of figured I was going. I was just trying to call my mom, ha.”
He`s out on a half a million dollar bond, put up by family members, including cousin Mary Anderson who put her house on the line. Faria walked onto a shuttle, donated by JED Transportation to keep his family together. They gathered at Turtle Creek Pub and Grill in O’Fallon, MO. Faria said he was excited to “get caught up with everyone, feel normal again. No bars or fences. I mean I think it`s still sinking in really, at this point.”
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