Suspect Pleads Guilty in ‘Love’s Quarrel’ Murder Case After Victim Tries to Stop Home Seized – WSB-TV Channel 2

SPALDING COUNTY, Ga. – A woman will spend decades in prison after a 22-year-old man was “killed in a lover’s argument.”

Then-18-year-old Sydney Makayla Maughon pleaded guilty in November to first-degree murder in the death of 22-year-old Jonathan Tyler Gilbert, also known as Tyler Lane.

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Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix says Maughon, Jeremy Munson, then 18, and McKenzie Davenport, then 19, went to a home on Dobbins Mill Road.

According to the Spalding County District Attorney’s Office, Maughon had a relationship with Gilbert, who visited the home of another woman who Maughon wanted to fight.

The trio went to the house to attack and fight the woman.

While they were there, Gilbert confronted her. At that point, authorities said Maughon pulled out a gun.

Maughon became angry because Gilbert was in the house, and she and Davenport began throwing eggs and rocks at him.

The DA’s office said that just seconds before Maughon killed Gilbert, he was seen on video running from the front of the house to the back of the house, and in that footage Maughon begins to attack one of the others in the car urging them to “shoot him.” , shoot him.”

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Gilbert then approaches the car unarmed, and Maughon takes Munson’s gun and shoots the 22-year-old victim twice.

Davenport ran from the car to get help and was able to get someone to call 911. Maughon and Munson left and went to Maughon’s parents’ home.

Maughon and Munson told Maughon’s father what happened and gave him the gun, which he hid in the closet, the prosecutor said.

The prosecutor said the father told them not to call the police but to let the police find them. Maughon and Munson then go to work at Pizza Hut. Officers found her after Davenport left her shoes and cellphone in the car as she ran to call 911. Authorities used the tracking feature on her phone, which led to the arrest of Maughon and Munson.

“This case is absolutely senseless and tragic. Ms. Maughon coldly, ruthlessly and maliciously shot and killed a young man who had nothing to do with the drama she was trying to create with this other woman. “She and Mr. Munson then left him to die on the street and went to work,” said Senior ADA Holliday.

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According to prosecutors, Davenport entered two misdemeanor charges based on her involvement in the events leading up to the murder.

Maughon pleaded guilty to first degree murder. She was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole. The DA’s office said Maughon cannot be considered for parole until she has served every day for at least 30 years.

Munson has yet to resolve his case.

“Instead of preparing for the Fourth of July, Mr. Gilbert’s family planned a funeral. This did not have to happen and highlights the tragedy of guns in the hands of people prone to violence. “My office will continue to work hard with law enforcement to ensure that those who intentionally murder others are prosecuted, regardless of age,” District Attorney Marie Broder said of the crime.

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