Dad allegedly trying to protect daughter charged with murder in Humansville

On Wednesday, prosecutors charged Steven W. Ball, 58, of Springfield, with murdering Daniel Houston, 37.

According to a probable cause statement, Ball thought he heard Houston and his daughter, Kristy Ball, arguing while he was on the phone with Kristy, so he drove to a Humansville home in the 3400 block of South 30th Road with Kristy Ball’s 16-year-old son and the teen’s 16-year-old cousin.

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