Apr 23, 2021

2nd man involved in killing of 2-year-old sentenced to 24 years

Posted Apr 23, 2021 6:45 PM
A St. Joseph police detective testifies during sentencing hearing in the Buchanan County Courthouse/Photo courtesy of Madeline McClain, KQ2
A St. Joseph police detective testifies during sentencing hearing in the Buchanan County Courthouse/Photo courtesy of Madeline McClain, KQ2

By BRENT MARTIN

St. Joseph Post

A 21-year-old St. Joseph man has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for the shooting death of a two-year-old St. Joseph girl last year, the second person sentenced in the shooting death of Raelynn Craig.

Circuit Judge Patrick Robb sentenced Caimon Ramone Stillman after an emotional hearing at the Buchanan County Courthouse.

Stillman says he didn’t know the child was in the car when he and two others pulled up to another vehicle and opened fire outside the Frog Hop at 20th and Messanie August 9th of last year. Fourteen shots were fired into the car, wounding two adults and killing Raelynn.

Earlier, 21-year-old Marcain Kimbrough-Ballard of St. Joseph was sentenced to 26 years in prison.

A third man involved in the shooting, 20-year-old Te’Avion Hawkins of Platte City, is scheduled to appear in court next week.