COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A motorcyclist who was run over by an SUV in McBaine on Monday has died from his injuries. Family members, including the daughter of Jeffrie W. Cash, confirmed with ABC 17 News on Friday morning that he died Thursday. Donald J. Legleiter, 36, was charged Monday with first-degree assault, armed criminal action
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia teenager reached a plea deal with prosecutors Wednesday to drop a murder charge against him. Cordero L. Riley Jr., 17, pleaded guilty in a Boone County court to unlawful use of a weapon and second-degree assault. Sentencing is set for Sept. 15. He remains in the Boone County jail pending
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Moberly community is remembering the life of Bailey Scott through a number of memorial events on Friday. Scott died Sunday night after being shot in the 900 block of East Logan Street in Moberly. “She was always the sweetest and she always complimented somebody, like anything about them. She was so fulfilling.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man was booked into the Randolph County Jail on Thursday for second-degree murder. David K. Heyde, 68, was awaiting arraignment and was jailed on no bond. Information about the accusations against him was not immediately available. Heyde lives in the area where a 23-year-old woman, Bailey Scott, was shot dead
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman charged with second-degree murder for the 2021 death of an 8-month-old girl has been arrested in Arkansas after being mistakenly released. Jennifer A. Johnson, of Fayette, was arrested and jailed in Pulaski County, Arkansas, according to online court records. A Boone County prosecutor confirmed Johnson was in custody. An extradition
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The charge the jury convicted Spivey of has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was acquitted of murder but found guilty of having a weapon illegally Thursday after a four-day trial. Kimo Spivey, 35, was charged with first-degree murder, illegal gun possession, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One of the seven men accused in the shooting death of Deshon Houston has requested a speedy trial two years after the killing. Thursday marks the second anniversary of Houston’s death on Dove Drive in Columbia. According to court documents, Ja’Shaun Barney made the request on May 29. A hearing is set
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia homicide suspect claims he used lethal force because he feared for his life. Kimo Spivey, 35, of Columbia is charged with first-degree murder, illegal gun possession, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action. He’s accused of killing Melvin Hooker III outside of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police are revealing new details about the unsolved case of Virginia ‘Ginger’ Davis. Police say on the morning of June 6, 1994, authorities found Davis inside her home at 1508 Patsy Lane in only her underwear with a plastic bag over her head. According to a 1994 media release, a neighbor
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Glasgow Police confirmed all three suspects wanted for a weekend robbery and deadly shooting have been taken into custody as of 2 p.m. Tuesday. Columbia police said Tuesday that the weekend robbery of a business on Scott Boulevard and the shooting death of a man on East Broadway are linked. The Columbia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man is dead after a shooting Sunday night at a Columbia apartment complex. Officers were sent to the Eastgate Apartments at Old 63 and Broadway at about 8 p.m. Police found Zarian Simpson, 18, of Columbia, with a gunshot wound and medics treated him at the scene, according to a Columbia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police are still searching for a man seen with 59-year-old George Showalter before he was killed at the Red Roof Inn in 1994. George Showalter, date unknown On April 17, 1994, Columbia Police responded to a call at the Red Roof Inn Motel near Interstate 70 and found Showalter facedown and
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The story has been corrected to remove a reference to fighting teens being armed. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 16-year-old is in custody on suspicion of taking part in a fight that led to a deadly shooting Tuesday just outside Columbia. The teen suspect and the victim were part of groups that had met
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BENTON CO, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were arrested in Springfield, Missouri, on Sunday and charged with murder in connection with the 2021 death of a Columbia man. Cody Garrett, 28, was reported missing on June 21, 2021. Benton County deputies found Garrett’s vehicle and remains off the trails near a bike park outside Warsaw, Missouri.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police say advancements in DNA technology are helping in cold case investigations. Police are investigating 16 cold case homicides dating back to 1985. Three of these cases are over 30 years old. This includes the case of 59-year-old George Showalter, who was found dead inside a Red Roof Inn motel room
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Road rage led to a deadly shooting at the McDonald’s on Nifong Boulevard in south Columbia on Sunday afternoon, Office of Violence Prevention administrator D’Markus Thomas-Brown said Monday. “It was two individuals, not interpersonal, traffic signal parking lot discussion, an altercation, and then followed across the street at McDonald’s to the individual getting shot and killed, and
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Charges have been dropped against one of the three people accused in the deadly shooting of a Fulton teenager in July. Callaway County prosecutor Sandra Colhour confirmed Thursday that charges were dropped against Emmanuel Brown of Holts Summit. Colhour said in an email that the charges were dropped around April 15 due
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sturgeon man was charged with murder Monday after a deadly weekend shooting in northern Boone County. Dalton R. Perkins, 31, was charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and first-degree domestic assault in the death of a 56-year-old Sturgeon man. He plead not guilty in his arraignment Monday. The Boone County
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Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to remove the names of the victims in the shooting at the I-70/63 connector on the same day. The video has also been removed. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Friday marks nine years since Garbrielle Rhodes Jr. was shot and killed in northeast Columbia. Police say they believe a shooting
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police say witnesses of crimes coming forward to authorities with information could help them unravel unsolved cases. But they also understand, there could be a risk. “I think there’s a variety of reasons [why a person would not come forward to police],” CPD Lt. Matt Gremore said. “I don’t think anybody
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