A Carthage man is found guilty in a 2021 car accident that killed a former Missouri Southern professor.
38-year-old Kenton Cowgill III, of Carthage, was found guilty of 2nd degree murder, DWI — resulting in death, felony resisting arrest by fleeing, and drug trafficking.
Cowgill led Joplin police on a pursuit on East 7th in Joplin July 3, 2021. He collided with a Toyota Prius at the intersection of 7th and Duquesne in Duquesne. The driver of the Prius, 66-year-old Robert McDermid, died later at a Joplin hospital.
The trial took two days; sentencing will be held at a later date.
