Overview
- Kevaughn Goldson, 23, a senior sprinter from Jamaica, died during surgery after being airlifted from a local ER to University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri.
- Denita Jackson, 27, a fellow Lincoln University sprinter, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action and is being held without bond.
- Police say Jackson called 911 around 1:09 a.m.; officers found Goldson with stab wounds to his back and chest at an off-campus residence.
- According to Jackson’s recorded account, she used a hair clip to open a locked roommate’s door, found Goldson clothed in the roommate’s bed, a fight ensued, she alleged he choked her, and she stabbed him with a knife found under the bed.
- Court documents note prior domestic-violence incidents between the pair; a roommate is listed as a witness, the university offered condolences and counseling resources, and no court hearings had been scheduled.