Garrett is charged with two counts of second-degree murder for the death of 22-year-old Maya Stillwell and her unborn child. He is also facing DWI charges and armed criminal action.Â
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Moberly Police Department announced in a Monday press release that it had arrested a Columbia man on Sunday who is accused of stealing from residences and vehicles, as well as vehicle tampering. Christopher Ryan Johnson, 33, is accused of first-degree burglary — according to the release — and was booked on
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A man accused of killing a pregnant woman and her unborn child in a crash will now have his case moved to Carroll County.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday, the Randolph County Commission held a meeting to discuss the status of Highway 3 after its closure. In 2021, MoDOT closed Missouri Route 3 between Route 24 and Route BB due to oversaturated ground and a potential road slide. The road realignment project is yet to be under contract with
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Callaway County’s sheriff no longer has a peace officer’s license in Missouri after reports that he was drinking and buying liquor on the job made their way to the state’s top law enforcement office.
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Legal marijuana advocates are raising concerns as a deadline looms to expunge most pot-related offenses from Missouri residents’ criminal records.
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BONNE TERRE, Mo. (KMIZ) A man convicted of killing two Randolph County jailers was executed Tuesday evening by lethal injection. Michael Tisius, 42, was executed at the state prison in Bonne Terre after Gov. Mike Parson denied him clemency Monday. In a statement Parson said, “It’s despicable that two dedicated public servants were murdered in
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Gov. Mike Parson confirmed in a Monday press release that the state will carry out Michael Tisius’ death sentence Tuesday after a request for stay for declined by the state Supreme Court of Missouri. Tisius, 42, is scheduled to die by lethal injection. It was initially delayed last week after
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A federal judge has granted a temporary reprieve for a man who was scheduled to be executed next week for the killing of two Randolph County jailers.
Continue Reading Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty will deliver letters to the governor Tuesday in an effort to stop the execution of Michael Tisius.
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HIGBEE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Higbee woman suffered serious injuries Tuesday in a one-vehicle crash on Route B, three miles southeast of Higbee. The crash occurred after Carla Mitchem, 51, was heading eastbound in her 2011 Ford Edge and overcorrected, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol. The Ford went off the left side of the
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cairo man on Thursday pleaded guilty to second-degree involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to four years in the Missouri Department of Corrections in relation to a 2022 overdose death. Dustin Pool, 42, was initially charged with second-degree murder for allegedly supplying fentanyl to someone who eventually died from an overdose. A
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) One man died from a fire inside a commercial building in Moberly Saturday morning. The fire happened just before 10:30 a.m. in the area of 412 North Hinkley Street in Moberly. When Moberly Fire Department arrived, firefighters found smoke coming from the back of the building, according to a news release. After
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CLARK, Mo. (KMIZ) A Clark, Missouri, man has been charged with multiple felonies after allegedly accidentally shooting a woman on his front porch. William Nowlin, 36, is charged with second-degree domestic assault, unlawful possession of a gun and possession of a controlled substance. He is being held at the Randolph County Jail on a $25,000
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RANDOLPH COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A teenager suffered serious injuries on Friday on County Road 1275, about five miles north of Huntsville, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred as the 16-year-old from Macon tried to make a right turn on his 2006 Yamaha ATV and failed to yield to a
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Economic Development awarded the City of Moberly and Montgomery County grant money through the Industrial Site Development Grant Program, according to a Friday press release from the governor’s office. Montgomery County was awarded $5 million, while the City of Moberly was awarded $1,085,560. Total funding throughout the
Continue Reading Steven Garrett will be arraigned Monday afternoon in Huntsville on charges related to an April crash east of Moberly.
Continue Reading HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man facing multiple murder charges – in relation to head-on collision that killed pregnant woman — is now in the Randolph County Jail. Steven Lee Garrett, 47, was arrested Tuesday by Randolph County deputies at Rusk Rehab Facility in Columbia, according to Randolph County Sheriff Aaron Wilson. Wilson told ABC
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man is facing multiple murder charges after an April 6 head-on collission on Route M killed a pregnant woman. Steven Lee Garrett, 47, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder, armed-criminal action and four counts of driving while intoxicated (including death of two, causing serious physical injury, causing physical
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Chillicothe man was arrested this week and charged with second-degree statutory rape. Keagan Duane Allen, 22, was arrested and booked into the Boone County Jail on Monday, according to online jail records. He was released after posting a $25,000 bond. An entry appearance waiver and not-guilty plea were entered Sunday, according
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