SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Scott Goodwin-Bey was indicted by a grand jury and charged with four counts of first-degree murder and armed criminal action. The jury trial began today and some of the state’s witnesses have been heard so far.
The shooting happened at an Economy Inn on North Glenstone Avenue in November 2014, now almost 10 years later Goodwin-Bey is set to appear in court.
This is the second time Goodwin-Bey is being charged with the murders. He was first charged in 2015 but the Greene County Prosecutor’s Office dismissed the case in 2016 after a court ruling that Goodwin-Bey could not be undoubtedly connected to the bullets found at the scene.
Investigators believed Goodwin-Bey shot the four victims Trevor Fantroy, Lewis Green, Danielle Keyes and Christopher Freeman because of claims they were telling police about his drug use.
Earlier today, the state questioned witnesses and presented evidence referring to an incident that happened 15 days after the shooting when police were called to a StarMart on West Chestnut for a disturbance involving a man acting strangely and with a gun. The prosecutors said that the gun was the murder weapon and witnesses say the man was Goodwin-Bey.