Woman gunned down in car during argument on Lake of the Woods Road, documents say
Matthew Sanders
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A woman found dead Saturday night in her car was shot in her vehicle after an argument with her boyfriend, according to court documents.
Isaiah N. Goins, 26, of Columbia, was arrested Sunday at work on suspicion of killing the woman, whose name has been kept under wraps by the sheriff’s department. She is identified by the initials “M.G.” in the statement.
Goins was charged Monday with second-degree murder and armed criminal action. He was in the Boone County Jail on no bond.
M.G. had been out of town and returned to Columbia on Saturday night, the statement says. Goins had accused her of being unfaithful, investigators say.
Goins met M.G. and got into her car Saturday night before pulling out a gun on Lake of the Woods Road and demanding that M.G. let him out, the statement says. When M.G. pulled onto Geyser Road and stopped, Goins allegedly shot her during an argument and ran from the scene.
A deputy later found the car next to a house, where it had rolled to a stop but not hit the building, the statement says.
No court hearings for Goins are scheduled.
This marks the third homicide reported outside city limits in Boone County so far in 2025. For comparison, there were only two homicides recorded in all of 2024, one in February and another in June.