On December 6, 2021, a shooting in northern Springfield, Missouri, left 61-year-old Lavona R. Haddock dead. She was found at the scene with fatal injuries consistent with gun violence and was pronounced deceased there.

Springfield Police Department detectives from the Homicide Unit began gathering evidence and interviewing potential witnesses. Investigators identified a primary suspect, 66-year-old Lilburn W. Motley of Springfield. On December 7, members of the department’s Special Response Team located Motley at a South Thelma Street residence and took him into custody without incident.

Motley was booked into the Greene County Jail and prosecutors filed charges including first-degree murder, armed criminal action, and unlawful possession of a firearm as detectives continued finalizing reports on the circumstances of Haddock’s death.

If anyone in Springfield has information about what happened in that neighborhood on December 6, please come forward.