(KLZA)-- 20-year-old Keevin J. Maupin of Skidmore, Missouri is facing charges of 1st degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action in connection with a double homicide that occurred Saturday evening. He is currently being held without bond in the Nodaway County Jail.
The Missouri Highway Patrol reported that Saturday, the Nodaway County Sheriff's Department requested the Patrol Division's Drug and Crime Control to investigate a double homicide at a residence near the intersection of Missouri Highway 46 and Route PP, north of Skidmore.
When they arrived, authorities discovered two deceased females at the residence who had apparently been killed by gunshots. Keevin Maupin was identified later as a person of interest and taken into custody at the scene.
Monday afternoon, the two women were identified by the highway patrol as Liberty A. Moore, 32, of Maryville, and Karen M. Babcock, 58, of Skidmore.
Maupin is scheduled to be arraigned at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 21 in Judge Robert Rice’s courtroom at the Nodaway County Courthouse.
Maupin is facing a sentence of not less than 10 years and not more than 30 years, or life in prison on the murder charges.On the armed criminal action charges sentences may range from less than three years to a period not to exceed 15 years in prison.
