A Preliminary Hearing was held this morning in Linn County Court for a man accused of crashing his truck into his mother’s car and killing her, on a rural road South of Parker, last December. Witness testimony in the Second Degree Murder case against 42 year old James Rocky Allen, may be heard from as many as 18 individuals who answered Subpoenas, according to Court documents. Allen is accused of killing his mother, 70 year old Charlotte Grimes of Garnett, after the two passed each other on Keitel Road, south of Parker, on December 22 of last year. Investigators say they believe Allen turned around in the road and pursued his mother’s stopped vehicle, slamming into it and knocking it into a pasture before ramming it again, killing her.
Allan told officers in an interview he had a lot done before law enforcement got to the crash scene and that’s why they had a hard time figuring it out. He claimed he was covering his tracks.
