WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. — UPDATE: Shandon Ray Groom, 30, and Timothy Moore, 37, both of Toledo, were sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to second-degree murder for the 2017 death of 27-year-old Egypt Covington
Groom was sentenced to 17 to 26 years in prison and Moore was sentenced to 20 to 55 years, after also pleading guilty to a felony firearm charge, according to the Associated Press.
A third man who was charged in Covington’s slaying, Shane Lamar Evans, 34, pleaded guilty in April to second-degree murder. He was sentenced in May to 15 to 25 years in prison.
The original story is below:
Two Ohio men have pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the 2017 slaying of a southeastern Michigan woman who was fatally shot after being bound with holiday lights.
Shandon Ray Groom and Timothy Moore, both of Toledo, had been set for trial this month in Wayne County in the June 2017 killing of 27-year-old Egypt Covington.
But The Detroit News reports Moore entered his guilty plea on Thursday after Groom pleaded guilty on July 14.
According to the Michigan State Police, Covington was found bound and murdered in her home southwest of Detroit.
MSP goes on to say that Moore and Groom were led to a duplex by a third suspect which allegedly contained a large amount of marijuana the men had intended to rob.
Instead, the men entered Covington’s residence where they proceeded to bound and kill her.
They are scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 5.
A third man who was charged in Covington’s slaying pleaded guilty earlier this year to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 15-25 years in prison.
MSP says a possible fourth suspect was shot and killed in a separate incident in Toledo.
Moore and Groom are scheduled to be sentenced on October 5.
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