On November 15, 2014, the bodies of 44-year-old Lewis Green and two others were discovered inside a room at the Economy Inn in Springfield, Missouri. Police responded to the motel on North Glenstone Avenue around 7:45 a.m. after a 911 caller reported finding multiple unresponsive individuals. Upon arrival, officers found Green, 43-year-old Trevor Fantroy, and 29-year-old Danielle Keyes deceased from gunshot wounds.
A fourth victim, 24-year-old Christopher Freeman, was found critically injured at the scene and transported to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries days later. Green had been renting the room on a long-term basis at the time of the incident.
Investigators determined that the victims had been shot by an acquaintance, Scott Goodwin-Bey, who believed they were cooperating with police regarding his drug activities. A witness who had been in the room told authorities that he narrowly escaped the shooting after seeing Goodwin-Bey pull out a gun. The investigation revealed that the victims were likely killed hours before their bodies were discovered. Goodwin-Bey was arrested and charged with four counts of first-degree murder and four counts of armed criminal action.
The legal proceedings spanned nearly a decade due to complications with evidence. In 2016, a judge ruled that the state’s ballistics evidence, which matched shell casings from the scene to a gun owned by the suspect, was scientifically subjective and inadmissible, leading prosecutors to temporarily dismiss the charges. The case was refiled in 2018, and after years of delays, Goodwin-Bey finally stood trial in September 2024. A Greene County jury found him guilty on all counts. Following the conviction, he faced a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
