Man convicted of killing 4 at a Missouri motel in 2014
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A man has been convicted of killing four people at a Missouri motel, nearly 10 years after the shootings happened. A jury in Springfield on Thursday found Scott Goodwin-Bey guilty of four counts each of first-degree murder and armed criminal action. Sentencing will be Nov. 21. Because prosecutors did not pursue the death penalty, the 57-year-old faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole. The killings happened in 2014 at the Economy Inn in Springfield. Authorities say Goodwin-Bey shot the victims because he believed they told police about his drug use. The original charges were dropped in 2016 amid concerns about ballistics evidence. Charges were refiled in 2018.
