Columbia man sentenced to more than 60 years after death of two women

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 – Lea'johna Sanders, 22, and Laura Myers, 53 – on Nov. 5, 2022, in the 1600 block of Boyd Lane.

Derrick was sentenced to 10 years for first-degree involuntary manslaughter, 15 years for voluntary manslaughter, seven years for second-degree domestic assault and 15years on two counts of armed criminal action. He was found not guilty of endangering the welfare of a child.

He was previously charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action, second-degree domestic assault and endangering the welfare of a child after a Dec.16, 2022, grand jury indictment.

According to a Facebook post, the families of the two women who were killed were expected to be at the hearing to advocate for the maximum sentence.