Thursday, November 3, 2011
Standard Democrat
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- A Sikeston, Mo., man will serve 15 years in prison for the shooting death of his girlfriend in April 2009.
Brandon Lane entered a guilty plea Tuesday in New Madrid County Circuit Court before Judge William L. Syler Jr. The judge sentenced Lane to seven years in prison on an amended charge of involuntary manslaughter and eight years on a charge of armed criminal action. The sentences are to run consecutively.
Before his plea, Lane was slated to begin a jury trial in connection with the shooting death of Nikia Latrice Williams, 28, of Sikeston.
The Sikeston Department of Public Safety was called to Williams' apartment on Montgomery Street at 1 a.m. April 11, 2009. At the scene they found Williams with a gunshot wound in her upper torso.
Lane was in the apartment with Williams, and officers found a handgun on the floor near the couple.
Neighbors and Williams' 4-year-old daughter told officers the couple had argued before the shooting.
Lane told officers the couple had argued and struggled with a gun, which went off.
Pertinent address:
Montgomery Street, Sikeston, MO
New Madrid, MO
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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