Moberly man charged after deadly shooting of 23-year-old woman
Madison Stuerman
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Moberly man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a 23-year-old woman.
Prosecutors charged David Kip Heyde, 68, with second-degree murder on Thursday after allegedly shooting Bailey Scott on Sunday.
Court documents state that Moberly Police received a report of shots fired around 7:30 p.m. in the 900 block of East Logan Street on Sunday from Heyde. The Missouri State Highway Patrol Division of Drug and Crime Control responded to the scene at 9:15 p.m. at the request of Moberly Police.
Troopers said the Moberly police officer told them Heyde said he shot an unknown woman on his front porch. Scott was identified by the Highway Patrol on Tuesday.
Investigators said in court documents that Heyde told police he saw an unknown woman walking on the street a few hours before the shooting. He told troopers he saw her approach his house, but left. She later returned, Heyde allegedly told troopers, and he went to the porch with a .32-caliber Kel Tec handgun behind his back.
Heyde said he walked out the door and spoke with the woman, later identified by first responders as Scott, and described her as agitated and talking about him feeding and trying to kill birds outside his home, the probable cause statement says. Court documents state he told the investigators that he told her to leave and used his other hand without the gun to gesture for her to leave.
Lindsey Smith, a friend of Scott’s, says Heyde was known in the neighborhood for putting bird food in the street — even though he had a feeder in his yard. She says he often scattered it near a storm drain, and you could see it from all the way down the block.
“The neighbors have seen dead birds in the street,” Smith said.
Rayvon Davis, also a friend of Scott’s lives a few houses down from Heyde. She said the bird food in the street as be ongoing.
“He puts bird feed in the street all the time,” Davis said.
Multiple neighbors told ABC 17 News about the bird feeding incidents and say he may have been doing it to slow down drivers on Logan St. since people tend to speed. Although, others say he may have had a dark motive.
“I don’t know if he was trying to slow people down or doing it to be malicious, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was to be malicious,” She said.
“It could be either or but if you put bird food in the street the birds are going to go in the street and they can get ran over so its not a good idea to do it,” Davis added.
According to Smith, Scott likely confronted Heyde over possibly killing birds, since she was an animal lover.
“I heard that Bailey didn’t apprenticed that she’s really big into animals,” Smith said :She could of, I see her doing that, she wouldn’t be mean about it she would have been like hey please quit doing that IU don’t see her doing that she probably did get fed up,” Smith said.
Heyde allegedly told troopers that Scott slapped him on the left side of his face and that he reacted by firing his gun twice at her. Investigators wrote that they did not see any marks of bruising or swelling on his face where he said he was hit. Scott did not have any signs of trauma or injury to her hands.
Smith and Davis say the Scott and Heyde are not strangers and worked together at DVS solutions and pointed to the fact the two lived across the street from each other.
“He defiantly knew her, he’s lived there as good says since 1996 and she’s live there for about a year and a half so they have had to come across each other,” David said. “I’ve heard from multiple people they both worked together at DSV so he’s known her, he knew her,”
Smith says she does not believe Scott ever laid a hand on Heyde.
“The slapping part I don’t think is truly bailey was never a violent person”
“God no she was probably the sweetest person you ever met, the slapping part I don’t think is truly bailey was never a violent person” Smith added. “He had to do something to her, there is no if ands or buts about it he had to do something for her to go over there just to feel the need to go over there,”
Court documents state Scott’s autopsy revealed she died from a single gunshot to her torso.
A woman who says she lived next door to Heyde for more than 10 years told ABC 17 News he was always kind, often shoveling her driveway and mowing her lawn. She said she doesn’t think anyone on Logan Street had problems with him.
Heyde was arrested on Thursday afternoon and booked into the Randolph County Jail. He was transferred to the Macon County Jail, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Moberly police asked the highway patrol to investigate the shooting. Heyde has an expired peace officer’s license, and City of Moberly records say he was once an employee there. Further details about his employment were not available because records more than 20 years old are not maintained.
According to online court records, Heyde has a hearting set for Monday at 1:30 p.m. in Randolph County.
A balloon release is scheduled for Friday in honor of Scott, with a memorial service and walk scheduled for Sunday.