Deceased/Not Found MO - Shawn Spencer, 26, Camdenton, 4 April 2006 *Arrest*

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Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
• Missing Since: April 4, 2006 from Camdenton, Missouri
• Classification: Endangered Missing
• Date of Birth: August 7, 1979
• Age: 26 years old
• Height and Weight: 5'10 - 6'0, 150 - 165 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian male. Blond hair, brown eyes. Spencer has acne scars on his face and back and an appendectomy scar on his abdomen. He has previously broken his clavicle and has also had hernia surgery. Spencer has numerous tattoos on both arms and legs, including a two-inch black 8-ball with a red alien behind it on his shoulder blade, a Jester with a skull face on his upper arm, and mechanical parts on his lower leg.
• Clothing/Jewelry Description: A white t-shirt and cut-off blue jeans.
• Medical Conditions: Spencer suffers from asthma. He is allergic to iodine and seafood.

Details of Disappearance
Spencer was last seen in Camdenton, Missouri on April 4, 2006. He was working in the food service industry at the time. His dog disappeared with him. Spencer has never been heard from again. His mother didn't report him missing until April 18, 2007 because he had previously dropped out of sight for months at a time. Spencer may have his dog, a Rottweiler/Bullmastiff mix named Spencer, with him. He has previously resided in California and had worked in convenience stores and as an auto detailer. Few details are available in his case.


"Camdenton man charged with murder in cold case of missing person"

http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20150609/NEWS/150608876

A Camdenton man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with a nearly decade old cold case of a young man who disappeared from the Montreal area in April of 2006.

David W. Smith, born in 1963, of Camdenton was arrested on Tuesday, June 9, accused of murdering Shawn Eric Spencer. The young man was reported missing in April of 2007 a year after he was seen by family for the last time.

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9-year-old cold case ends with man's arrest on murder charge

Sheriff's Office looking for missing man - April 2011

Disturbing details surrounding the murder of Shawn Spencer.

"Police believe no body left to recover in cold case murder"

http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20150610/NEWS/150619852

According to the court document, on April 1, 2006, Spencer and East visited Smith's residence on Silver Mountain Drive, south of Camdenton, to check in on East's dog that was staying at Smith's. East told deputies that Spencer and Smith were talking behind the house as Smith was practicing with a firearm. East left the two men talking to visit his dog in the car, when after about five minutes, East reported hearing a gun shot and observed the two men wrestling for control of the firearm.

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"Camdenton man charged in 10-year-old murder case waived his right to preliminary hearing today"

- Arraignment scheduled for Monday, Sept. 14 at Camden County Courthouse

http://www.thelaketoday.com/news/2015/sep/09/camdenton-man-charged-10-year-old-murder-case-waiv/

A 53-year-old Camdenton man charged with first-degree murder in the alleged 2006 shooting death of a missing man waived his right to preliminary hearing Sept. 9 at the Camden County Courthouse.

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Smith is charged with the class A felony of murder in the first degree and the class A felony of armed criminal action. He was initially held without bond, however, on June 26, the Circuit Judge Aaron Koeppen set the bond at $400,000 surety with MOCAM supervision, GPS and house arrest.

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Trial for decade old cold case set

http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20160131/NEWS/160139912

David W. Smith, born in 1963, of Camdenton, was arrested on June 9, 2015 by the Camden County Sheriff’s Department, accused of murdering Shawn Eric Spencer who disappeared from the Montreal area in April of 2006. He was 27-years old at the time of the disappearance.

Smith, charged with 1st degree murder and armed criminal action, is scheduled to appear before Camden County Judge Kenneth Michael Hayden on May 6, 2016 at 9 am for a pre-trial conference. The jury trial is scheduled for May 23, 2016 at 9 am.

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Trial rescheduled for Camdenton man charged with murder

http://www.newstribune.com/news/news/story/2016/may/20/trial-rescheduled-camdenton-man-charged-murder/623814/

A May jury trial date has been rescheduled to late November for a 53-year-old Camdenton man charged with first-degree murder.

On Monday, 26th Circuit Court Judge Kenneth Hayden, who was assigned to the David W. Smith's case after a change of judge motion was sustained in October, rescheduled the original May 23 jury trial to 9 a.m. Nov. 28 at the Camden County Courthouse, with a pre-trial conference at 9 a.m. Sept. 12.

Smith has been charged with first-degree murder of Shawn E. Spencer, stemming from an alleged shooting in April 2006, according to the Camden County Sheriff's Office

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http://www.krmsradio.com/camden-county-court/

A Camdenton area man accused of a cold case murder dating back to 2006 could learn his fate today in a Camden County courtroom. A jury trial was scheduled to begin in the first-degree murder case of David W. Smith. Smith is accused of killing Shawn Eric Spencer in an, apparent, dispute over drugs despite, reportedly, no evidence being found from the alleged crime, including Spencer’s body. However, the attorney for Smith requested that the trial be stricken in favor of a plea hearing which is, instead, scheduled to be taken up this morning.

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Cold Case Closed

http://www.krmsradio.com/cold-case-closed/

53-year-old David Wynton Smith appeared in the Camden County Courtroom with his attorney before entering guilty pleas to negotiated charges of Voluntary Manslaughter, a Class-B felony, and a Class-D felony charge of abandonment of a corpse.

As part of the deal, Smith was sentenced to up to 15 years on the Voluntary Manslaughter charge and up to another four years on the Abandoning of a Corpse charge with both to run consecutively.

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'He was loved' family remembers Shawn Spencer; Smith sentenced

http://www.lakenewsonline.com/news/20161128/he-was-loved-family-remembers-shawn-spencer-smith-sentenced-to-19-years

On Nov. 28, nearly two dozen of Spencer’s family and friends gathered at the Camden County Courthouse in matching black t-shirts that read “In Loving Memory of Shawn Spencer” with buttons featuring pictures of Spencer from various stages of his life. They came to hear the outcome of the case that has shaken the family to its core.

“He was loved. He was just a good person,” said sister Shelly Vicino, who came from Arizona to attend the hearing. “He was loyal almost to a fault. He would have done anything for his friends and family.”

Vicino described her brother as a free spirit with a big heart who got into typical teenager trouble.

“He was not a transient. He had a loving family. My mom searched the streets for him for over ten years,” Vicino said. “I just feel like a part of me is gone.”

Spencer loved his dogs more than himself, family members said.

“He would sometimes go without eating to make sure his dogs were fed,” Vicino said. “He would go to McDonalds and get a burger and let the dogs have the patty and he would just eat the bun.”

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The family said that although they were happy to see Smith sentenced to prison, they were not happy with the plea bargain and length of sentence.

“It’s just nothing,” Spencer’s aunt Linda Patience said. “They spent three quarters of that sentence looking for him, while he was free living his life.”

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