Shannon "Babb" Mansfield was a 45-year-old mother, grandmother, and daughter whose life was tragically cut short in January 2024. A White female from Lilbourn, Missouri, she was survived by her parents, David and Karen Jean Babb, her two children, Khristi and Tristan, a granddaughter named Elsie, and three brothers.
On the evening of January 15, 2024, deputies from the New Madrid County Sheriff's department responded to a call in the small community of Howardville at approximately 5:43 p.m. The report was for a woman who was not breathing and appeared to have a gunshot wound. Inside her apartment, deputies discovered Shannon unresponsive. She was pronounced dead at the scene from a fatal gunshot wound.
The investigation into her death moved swiftly. In a nearby apartment, authorities located a suspect, 45-year-old Shaundale T. Maxwell. A weapon was also recovered from the location.
Based on the evidence, deputies arrested Maxwell in connection with Shannon's shooting.
Following his arrest, Shaundale T. Maxwell was charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action. He was held in the Mississippi County Jail without the possibility of bond. The case proceeded to trial, where a jury found Maxwell guilty of murder for killing Shannon Mansfield. He was then sentenced for the crime, bringing the legal proceedings to a close.
