OWENSVILLE — A video from a porch camera has been posted on Facebook that would appear to show Henry Lorton and Tim Keeling speaking following the incident in Owensville on Sept. 13 that resulted in the stabbing death of Trey R. Johnson.

The video was posted on Oct. 14 in the comment section of a story by the Gasconade County Republican on the alleged assault. It was posted by an account under the name Patrick Simmons. It is unclear how Simmons came into possession of the video file or what his connection to the case or the defendant may be. The Gasconade County Republican has reached out to Simmons, but has yet to receive a response. The video has 3,500 views at the time this article was published.

The blurry video, and its accompanying audio, can not be definitively verified as genuine at this time.

In the video, Keeling would appear to brag about throwing something through the window of the a vehicle. Keeling would also appear to be heard saying, “I cut the (expletive deleted) out of them.”

Lorton appears to say, before Keeling finishes speaking, “C’mon police. I’m waiting for them to show up. I’m gonna call 911, I’m calling 911. I’m gonna call them on myself, I’m gonna call them on myself. I’m going to, I’m gonna.”

When Lorton finishes speaking, Keeling would seem to be heard asking, “For what?”

The video ends as the two men are seen walking into a building.

On Facebook, Keeling was asked why he seemed to say that he stabbed the victims.

Keeling responded, “because I loved the kid and wanted him to calm down! He was freaking out!” seemingly in reference to Lorton and the state of mind he was in after the incident.

Just one day before the video was posted on Facebook, Judge Ada Brehe-Krueger filed a gag order Oct. 13 in the 20th Judicial Circuit Court of Gasconade County which prohibits attorneys of either party from making public any information or evidence related to the case. The gag order would appear to be in response to an emergency motion filed in the court the same day by Gasconade County Prosecuting Attorney Mary E. Weston.

In the motion, Weston states that Robert D. Schollmeyer, the lawyer representing Lorton, claims to have a Ring camera video that he “intends to release, or has threatened to release, the Ring Camera Video, this day to Channel 13 News out of Jefferson City, Missouri.”

As of Oct. 19, no video of that nature could be found on the Channel 13 news website.

Weston’s motion also noted that the state has, or will, produce evidence which includes video, photographs, witness statements and reports. Weston cites Missouri Supreme Court Rule 25, which “vests the trial court with direct authority to control how discovery materials are used,” according to the document.

Weston argues in the motion that the materials provided should be used for the sole purpose of “preparation and trial of the case.” She writes that the release of evidence to the public could lead to intimidation of witnesses, prejudice in a potential jury pool or even the “destruction or tampering with evidence.”

Weston asked that the court expedite the hearing of the motion “Because the threatened release is imminent and the resulting prejudice would be irreparable,” according to the document. The gag order was filed by Brehe-Krueger the same day, but it does not reference the motion filed by Weston.

The gag order prohibits attorneys for both the state and the defendant from releasing any evidence.

It is unclear if the video on Facebook is the same video that Weston references Schollmeyer as threatening to release to the media.

Schollmeyer has already filed a motion to dismiss the case, based on what he views as an inadequate probable cause statement. That motion will be addressed by the Judge Brehe-Krueger at the preliminary hearing scheduled for Nov. 30 at 9 a.m. at the Gasconade County Courthouse in Hermann, according to Schollmeyer.

“If I were a police officer and I were doing a probable cause statement, I’d put everything in there. But the law says that if the probable cause statement isn’t adequately supported the case is to be dismissed.” Schollmeyer told the Gasconade County Republican.