COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The teen suspect in a deadly Columbia hotel-room shooting allegedly told police under interrogation that an unknown person shot the 18-year-old woman Wednesday. Terrell A. Fields, 19, of Columbia, was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and tampering with evidence, all felonies. He is accused
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Jermarion Burnett-Howard, 18, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon in the death of Janet Jago, 72, and will be sentenced on April 3.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who had been charged with felony murder in a 2021 shooting death of a Lake Ozark bar was sentenced this week to probation after taking a plea deal. Craig B. Hawkins Jr. of Columbia pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree assault in connection with the death of Vonza Watson on May
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Codee Munson was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in Morgan County for the stabbing death of 69-year-old Carl Goodman.
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VERSAILLES, Mo. (KMIZ) – Police have arrested a 23-year-old man for a reported stabbing on Friday afternoon. The Versailles Police Department said it took Codee Munson into custody for allegedly stabbing 69-year-old Carl Vernon Goodman. Munson faces possible charges of second-degree murder and armed criminal action. A news release said officers were dispatched to the
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A Boone County grand jury indicted a Springfield, Missouri, man Friday with murder in a local crash.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged Friday with murder and a woman with manslaughter in a November beating death in Columbia. Alexander A. Aklan, 28, of Columbia, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Antonio Davis, 56, of Columbia. He had already been charged with first-degree assault, drug trafficking, armed criminal action
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors charged a man Tuesday with murder for his alleged role in a deadly October shooting and charged another man — who was already in custody and charged — with murder. Daevion McCray, 21, was arrested Tuesday in connection with the death of Orrion Moody, 28, of Columbia. Police found Moody with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis woman who pleaded guilty to the death of her infant whose body was found behind a Columbia tire store was sentenced Monday to probation. Lavosha Daniels was sentenced to four years in prison on a charge of corpse abandonment and seven years for involuntary manslaughter. The sentences would run
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man admitted to fatally shooting a St. Louis man last week in the parking lot of a Boone County bar, court documents say. Steven S. Jones, 45, was charged Sunday with being a felon with a gun. A probable cause statement says Jones admitted to shooting the 42-year-old victim outside
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Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — Rowan Ford knew Christopher Collings as “Uncle Chris” after he spent several months living with her family. On Tuesday, Collings was executed for sexually assaulting and killing the child, then dumping her body in a sinkhole outside a small Missouri town. Collings, 49, was put to death with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man pleaded guilty Monday to murdering his father. Alen Muslic, 23, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in a Boone County courtroom. Muslic was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action after police found his father, Zufer Muslic, stabbed to death at their Columbia home in October 2023. Alen Muslic
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Centralia man was charged Tuesday with causing another person’s death in an Osage County DWI crash. Nathan L. Timpe, 20, was charged with DWI causing death, two counts of DWI causing serious injuries and one count of careless driving, a misdemeanor. Timpe was driving a Jeep Wrangler in Osage County last
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A juvenile was charged as an adult Friday in a deadly shooting in Columbia. According to online court records, Cordero Riley Jr, 17,. is charged with first-degree assault, second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action in connection with the death of Trevon Ashcraft, 18, in May. Riley is
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A third man suspected of murder in a deadly June 2023 shooting pleaded guilty Friday.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The video has been cropped to protect sensitive evidence at the request of police. FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton police have released surveillance video of a person of interest in an October homicide investigation. Police provided ABC 17 News this week with the video from the scene of a deadly shooting on Mokane Road.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people have been charged with murder in the July overdose death of a 62-year-old Mexico, Missouri woman. Shelbi R. Hamilton and Timothy R. Hoffman, both of Mexico, were charged Tuesday. Hamilton is charged with second-degree murder and delivery of a controlled substance. Hoffman is charged with second-degree murder, delivery of a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 20-year-old man was sentenced to 21 years in state prison Monday after he pleaded guilty to a reduced murder charge for a June 2023 shooting. Alqueze M. Jones of Columbia pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder in a Boone County courtroom, Boone County Prosecuting Attorney Roger Johnson said. He had been
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man found guilty of the death of two women in 2022 was sentenced to over 60 years in prison on Tuesday. A Boone County judge sentenced Cadilac Derrick to 62 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections for five felonies. Derrick was found guilty of killing two Columbia women –
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused in a deadly Columbia shooting in summer 2023 waived arraignment Tuesday. Deljuan Turner’s arraignment was held Tuesday morning at the Boone County Courthouse. Another suspect, Damarkus Williams, will be arraigned Dec. 2, according to court records. Turner and Williams had their charges changed from second-degree murder to first-degree murder,
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