MARSHFIELD, Mo. – A Marshfield teen will spend 15 years in prison for the 2023 stabbing death of a man asked to intercede in a family disturbance.
Thomas Keith Smith, Jr., was sentenced on Friday, May 9, to nine years in prison for involuntary manslaughter, three years for unlawful use of a weapon and three years for tampering with evidence, according to online court records.
He was charged in the death of Shawn Ellingburg, a 52-year-old man who friends said was visiting the home where he would frequently help because the homeowner is in a wheelchair…