Columbia man pleads guilty to 2020 Audrain County murder, sentenced to 25 years in prison
MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Columbia man pleaded guilty on Monday to second-degree murder in the 2020 killing of a Mexico, Missouri man.
Timothy Scott Midgyett, 29, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and first-degree burglary in the death of Chance Davis. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Davis was shot and killed at his home in the 800 block of West Street during a break-in on June 27, 2020, previous reporting indicates.
Another man accused in the murder, Sadiq Moore, 27, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree burglary, unlawful use of a weapon, and armed criminal action by a Randolph County jury in April 2022 and was sentenced to 40 years in prison.
A Monday press release from the Audrain County Prosecutor’s Officer says Moore and Midgyett broke into a home and fired one shot. Davis was killed in front of his significant other and son, the release says.
A third man pleaded guilty to murder in the killing. Deyton Curtis-Fisher, of Mexico, Missouri pleaded guilty in August 2023 to second-degree murder and first-degree burglary. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
