Police: Two high-ranking officers off force after Sponseller probe : News : MidlandsConnect.com

Columbia police say two people are no longer employed at the department after the investigation into missing Columbia CEO Tom Sponseller. Officers found Sponseller dead in a locked room inside a downtown Columbia parking garage attached to the executive's office building. Sponseller had been missing for ten days.

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