LICKING, Mo. (KY3) -A Springfield man serving a murder sentence has died in an Ozarks prison Thursday afternoon.
According to the Missouri Department of Corrections, Robert Collins died while serving a life sentence in the South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Mo. He was 65 years old.
In Oct. 2025, Collins was sentenced for second-degree murder and second-degree attempted arson. Investigators said Collins admitted to beating a 77-year-old woman to death on Christmas Eve in 2024 and attempting to blow up the house she was in…