A resolution seems likely in the next couple weeks for two of the three men charged for their alleged roles in the December, 2020 disappearance of Justin Tyler Sawyer in Oak Grove.
Twenty-three-year-old Marquell Sims of Oak Grove appeared in Christian Circuit Court Wednesday and Commonwealth’s Attorney Rick Boling told Judge John Atkins he believes there will be a plea deal worked out for Sims and 37-year-old Gene “Doug” Henry of Oak Grove by the next hearing on October 6.
The alleged shooter in the case is 21-year-old Dawuan Davis of Clarksville and he and Sims are charged with first-degree assault, kidnapping and first-degree robbery.
Kentucky State Police say Sims was in the car with Davis and Sawyer on December 17 during a drug deal gone bad that led to Davis allegedly shooting Sawyer five times.
Sims reportedly got out of the car after the first two shots were fired and walked across KY 115 from the car at the Shell Station to the Pilot gas station. Police say Davis later in the night used the help of Henry to move Sawyer’s body from the back seat to the trunk of his stolen car.
Henry is charged with abuse of a corpse.
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