GUILTY DE - Taylor Owens, 19, Dover, 31 August 2013

Delaware State Police Search For Missing Woman

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Delaware State Police are looking for a Dover woman, Taylor Owens, who has not been seen since Aug. 31.

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The body of a 19-year-old Dover woman who had been missing since Aug. 31 was discovered in a wooded area in Leipsic Saturday, Sept. 7. Police have arrested a 21-year-old Leipsic man in connection with her death

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Tony Mozick Jr., agreeing to a plea bargain with state prosecutors, was sentenced Thursday morning to spend the next 15 years in prison for killing his 19-year-old girlfriend, Taylor Owens...

Mozick, 22, told police he and Owens had gotten into a fight and that she fell and hit her head on a doorknob, causing her death. When arrested, he was charged with first-degree murder and abusing a corpse.

In the agreement, Mozick instead pled guilty to the charge of abusing a corpse, a misdemeanor, and to a reduced charge of manslaughter.

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