Man accused of killing MU student in 2000 is charged with first-degree murder

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A South Carolina man has been accused of murdering a woman in Boone County in February 2000.

Sentrell Wilson, 45, of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, was charged with first-degree murder in Boone County. He was arrested in South Carolina on Tuesday morning and is being held at the Spartanburg County Jail.

Columbia Police Department Lt. Matt Gremore said the victim was Candice Richie. Richie, 21, was a student at the University of Missouri.

He is charged in South Carolina with being a fugitive from out of state. An extradition order was filed in Boone County on Tuesday, according to court filings. He will be held without bond when he is brought to Boone County.

A bond motion claims Wilson asphyxiated a woman and left her body where it was not found for several days, then fled Missouri.

A probable cause statement in either state was not readily available on Tuesday afternoon.

A press release from the Missouri Attorney General’s Office says “a renewed focus” for the case started last year after a member of the victim’s family met with officials.

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