A Doniphan woman will spend the next 12 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections after her guilty plea Monday for her part in the death of a Ripley County man.
Dawn Alexis Lloyd pleaded guilty to the Class A felony of second-degree murder and the Class B felony of first-degree kidnapping and was sentenced to 12 years by 36th Judicial Circuit Presiding Judge Michael Pritchett.
Lloyd was one of five Ripley County residents charged in the July 21, 2019, death of Daniel L. Richardson.
According to earlier reports, Schylar Tubbs of Fairdealing, Jerad Lynn Lloyd, David B. Scrivner, Lloyd and Cody Allen Payne were charged in Richardson’s death, while Derek Bunyard of Doniphan was charged with tampering with physical evidence.
The charges stemmed from an investigation by the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Ripley County Sheriff’s Department.
Earlier reports state a confidential informant relayed to highway patrol investigators they had been told Richardson had been murdered.
Days before, a fire occurred at an abandoned residence off Highway K.
According to MSHP Trooper Shannon Sitton’s probable cause statement at the time, the K Highway Fire Department responded to a fire at about 2:40 a.m. July 22, 2019, and put it out.
“Following execution of a search warrant, investigators confirmed burnt human remains and a small burnt propane torch in the debris,” Sitton said.
Sitton said investigators learned Payne, Scrivner, Tubbs and the Lloyds had “traveled to the Poplar Bluff area just after midnight July 21.
“The purpose of the trip was to locate David Richardson and assault him as retaliation for Richardson’s assault of (Jerad Lloyd’s sister).”
Richardson was found and allegedly was lured into the vehicle by Tubbs. Once inside, the others “began assaulting Richardson by punching and slapping him as they drove away from Poplar Bluff and into Ripley County,” Sitton said.
Upon arriving at Scrivner’s home, everyone exited the vehicle, leaving Richardson tied up inside.
“Approximately one hour later,” Sitton said, “Scrivner, Payne and J. Lloyd returned to the vehicle and found Richardson not moving.”
The three, Sitton reported, removed Richardson from the vehicle and placed him inside a cardboard barrel.
The next evening, Sitton said, Payne and Jerad Lloyd returned to Scrivner’s residence and they, along with Scrivner, “loaded the barrel into the bed of a Ford Ranger truck owned by Scrivner.”
The barrel was taken to the abandoned house, where it was unloaded and used tires placed on top of it.
“Scrivner lighted a propane torch and laid it next to the barrel,” Sitton said, “igniting the barrel and tires, and ultimately, causing the home to burn.”