Daniel Pinna
Murder charges filed
The following appeared in 'The Index' newspaper in Hermitage Missouri on Wednesday November 10th 2004:
A Weableau woman was stabbed to death Thursday night. Two men are in jail here facing murder charges and armed criminal action charges, and a woman has been charged with tampering with evidence.
Stacy Baker 24, of Weableau died after receiving nine stab wounds to her abdomen, legs and buttocks area. Two men who fled Baker's mobile home in northeastern Weableau were arrested Friday northeast of Osceola. Derrick Sandow, 19, and Jeromie Walters, 28, were arraigned in the Hickory County Circuit Court Associate Division Monday on charges of first degree felony murder and armed criminal action. Both are being held in lieu of $250,000 bond.
Shandra Phillips Stillwell, 27, of Weableau, was arrested Monday and charged with tampering with physical evidence. She was released after posting $2,500 bond.
The hickory County's Sheriff's Department received a call at 10:30 p.m. Thursday that a woman had been stabbed at Weableau. When deputies and emergency medical personnel arrived, they found Baker outside the mobile home where she had collapsed after trying to obtain help from her uncle who lived next door.
An autopsy conducted Friday in Springfield showed that Baker died from multiple stab wounds, including one that lacerated an artery on her upper right leg.
Baker and Stillwell were apparently in the mobile home with Sandow and Walters when the two men held Baker down and stabbed her. Investigators say a possible motive for the stabbing is a previous argument in which one of the men claimed Baker had earlier tried to run into him with her car.
Deputies began an immediate search of the area for the two suspects who fled in Baker's car. The men were then seen around midnight near Highway 13 trying to steal a pickup truck. Baker's car had been abandoned nearby. The owner of the pickup startled the men, and they fled on foot. St. Clair County Sheriff Ron Snodgrass found the two hiding in a truck northeast of Osceola late Friday morning and took them into custody. They were interrogated in Osceola and then brought to the Hickory County Jail.
Sherrif Ray Tipton's reports of the incident used with Monday's hearing noted: "On November 4, 2004, Deputy Carliss Townsend and Chief Investigator John Scott responded to the residence of Stacy Baker in Hickory County, Missouri. Deputy Townsend observed an individual he knew as Stacy Baker on the ground being attended to by medical personnel. Stacy Baker later died of her injuries.
"Deputy Townsend interviewed Shandra Phillips who told him that earlier in the evening, herself, Stacy Baker, Derrick Sandow and Jeromie Walters had gone to Bolivar, Missouri. They returned to Stacy's residence around 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Shandra Phillips then told Deputy Townsend that she went to bed a short time later. Shortly after going to bed she was awakened by Stacy Baker screaming out her name. Shanda then opened the bedroom door and saw Stacy in the hallway by the bathroom door. Shanda said that Stacy was bleeding real bad, so she grabbed her and helped her to Stacy's Aunt and Uncle's house next door. Shanda said they were unable to make it all the way, and Stacy collapsed in the front yard. Shanda said the only thing she heard Stacy say was the name of Derrick Sandow.
"Shanda was able able to tell Deptuy Townsend that Derrick Sandow and Jeromie Walters left the residence in a vehicle that was recently purchased by Stacy Baker. Ms Phillips gave a description of the vehicle. That vehicle was later found abandoned on Highway 13 in Osceola, Missouri.
"Bother Jeromie Walters and Derrick Sandow were apprehended in St. Clair County, Missouri. At the time of their arrest both individuals had what appeared to be blood stains on their clothes. When Derrick E. Sandow was interviewed about the event he admitted to throwing a blanket over the head of Stacy Baker and held her down while Jeromie Walters stabbed her. Sandow and Walters both said the act was conducted as revenge for a previous assault that took place in October 2004, when Baker struck Walters with a vehicle.
"When Jeromie Walters was interviewed about the event, he admitted to throwing a blanket over the head of Stacy Baker and told Derrick Sandow to stab (her)."
The probable cause statement prepared by the Missouri Highway Patrol Sergeant Daniel F. Nash in their investigations noted: "On November 5, 2004, the Missouri Highway Patrol Division of Drug and Crime Control was asked to assist the Hickory County Sheriff's Deparment with a homicide investigation near Weablueau, Missouri. Upon arrival at the Stacy E. Baker residence, located at Route 2 Box 92, Weableau, Missouri, officers discovered that Baker had received fatal injuries due to what appeared to be multiple stab wounds.
"During the investigation, officers identified Derrick E. Sandow, date of birth July 21, 1985, as a possible suspect or witness to the incident. During an interview with Sandow on November 5, 2004, Sandow stated that he planned the murder of Baker with his cousin, Jeromie Walters, date of birth October 12, 1976. Sandow stated the murder was conducted as revenge."
A Weableau woman was stabbed to death Thursday night. Two men are in jail here facing murder charges and armed criminal action charges, and a woman has been charged with tampering with evidence.
Stacy Baker 24, of Weableau died after receiving nine stab wounds to her abdomen, legs and buttocks area. Two men who fled Baker's mobile home in northeastern Weableau were arrested Friday northeast of Osceola. Derrick Sandow, 19, and Jeromie Walters, 28, were arraigned in the Hickory County Circuit Court Associate Division Monday on charges of first degree felony murder and armed criminal action. Both are being held in lieu of $250,000 bond.
Shandra Phillips Stillwell, 27, of Weableau, was arrested Monday and charged with tampering with physical evidence. She was released after posting $2,500 bond.
The hickory County's Sheriff's Department received a call at 10:30 p.m. Thursday that a woman had been stabbed at Weableau. When deputies and emergency medical personnel arrived, they found Baker outside the mobile home where she had collapsed after trying to obtain help from her uncle who lived next door.
An autopsy conducted Friday in Springfield showed that Baker died from multiple stab wounds, including one that lacerated an artery on her upper right leg.
Baker and Stillwell were apparently in the mobile home with Sandow and Walters when the two men held Baker down and stabbed her. Investigators say a possible motive for the stabbing is a previous argument in which one of the men claimed Baker had earlier tried to run into him with her car.
Deputies began an immediate search of the area for the two suspects who fled in Baker's car. The men were then seen around midnight near Highway 13 trying to steal a pickup truck. Baker's car had been abandoned nearby. The owner of the pickup startled the men, and they fled on foot. St. Clair County Sheriff Ron Snodgrass found the two hiding in a truck northeast of Osceola late Friday morning and took them into custody. They were interrogated in Osceola and then brought to the Hickory County Jail.
Sherrif Ray Tipton's reports of the incident used with Monday's hearing noted: "On November 4, 2004, Deputy Carliss Townsend and Chief Investigator John Scott responded to the residence of Stacy Baker in Hickory County, Missouri. Deputy Townsend observed an individual he knew as Stacy Baker on the ground being attended to by medical personnel. Stacy Baker later died of her injuries.
"Deputy Townsend interviewed Shandra Phillips who told him that earlier in the evening, herself, Stacy Baker, Derrick Sandow and Jeromie Walters had gone to Bolivar, Missouri. They returned to Stacy's residence around 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Shandra Phillips then told Deputy Townsend that she went to bed a short time later. Shortly after going to bed she was awakened by Stacy Baker screaming out her name. Shanda then opened the bedroom door and saw Stacy in the hallway by the bathroom door. Shanda said that Stacy was bleeding real bad, so she grabbed her and helped her to Stacy's Aunt and Uncle's house next door. Shanda said they were unable to make it all the way, and Stacy collapsed in the front yard. Shanda said the only thing she heard Stacy say was the name of Derrick Sandow.
"Shanda was able able to tell Deptuy Townsend that Derrick Sandow and Jeromie Walters left the residence in a vehicle that was recently purchased by Stacy Baker. Ms Phillips gave a description of the vehicle. That vehicle was later found abandoned on Highway 13 in Osceola, Missouri.
"Bother Jeromie Walters and Derrick Sandow were apprehended in St. Clair County, Missouri. At the time of their arrest both individuals had what appeared to be blood stains on their clothes. When Derrick E. Sandow was interviewed about the event he admitted to throwing a blanket over the head of Stacy Baker and held her down while Jeromie Walters stabbed her. Sandow and Walters both said the act was conducted as revenge for a previous assault that took place in October 2004, when Baker struck Walters with a vehicle.
"When Jeromie Walters was interviewed about the event, he admitted to throwing a blanket over the head of Stacy Baker and told Derrick Sandow to stab (her)."
The probable cause statement prepared by the Missouri Highway Patrol Sergeant Daniel F. Nash in their investigations noted: "On November 5, 2004, the Missouri Highway Patrol Division of Drug and Crime Control was asked to assist the Hickory County Sheriff's Deparment with a homicide investigation near Weablueau, Missouri. Upon arrival at the Stacy E. Baker residence, located at Route 2 Box 92, Weableau, Missouri, officers discovered that Baker had received fatal injuries due to what appeared to be multiple stab wounds.
"During the investigation, officers identified Derrick E. Sandow, date of birth July 21, 1985, as a possible suspect or witness to the incident. During an interview with Sandow on November 5, 2004, Sandow stated that he planned the murder of Baker with his cousin, Jeromie Walters, date of birth October 12, 1976. Sandow stated the murder was conducted as revenge."
