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Missouri man sentenced to 40 years for killing Amazon driver
Thomas Coy was sentenced to 40 years in prison for killing Jasmine Taylor, a 23-year-old Amazon driver.
Taylor was delivering packages in Lawrence County, Missouri, on February 5, 2025, when Coy shot her.
Coy pleaded guilty to killing Taylor and was sentenced at a court hearing on November 2.
Investigators said he admitted to shooting her with a pellet rifle, removing her from the van and leaving her in a roadside ditch.
Taylor died from her injuries at a hospital, where doctors found a bullet lodged in her head.
Her sister said the family could now begin grieving after the sentencing.
The sentence follows a killing of someone Coy did not know, according to a local law enforcement official.
Thomas Coy was sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing Amazon driver Jasmine Taylor in Lawrence County, Missouri.
Taylor, 23, was shot on February 5, 2025, while delivering packages.
A sheriff’s office affidavit said Coy admitted to shooting Taylor with a pellet rifle and pulling her from her van into a roadside ditch.
Coy was sentenced at a court hearing on November 2, 2026.
- Who
- Thomas Coy, 66, was sentenced for killing Jasmine Taylor, a 23-year-old Amazon driver.
- What
- Coy was sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing Taylor.
- When
- Taylor was shot on February 5, 2025. Coy was sentenced on November 2, 2026.
- Where
- Lawrence County, Missouri.
- Why
- The article describes the incident as a road-rage confrontation. A specific motive is Not stated.
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Jasmine Taylor was shot while delivering packages in Lawrence County, Missouri.
Thomas Coy was sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing Taylor.
- Sentence
- 40 years in prison
- Defendant
- Thomas Coy, 66
- Victim
- Jasmine Taylor, 23
- Incident date
- February 5, 2025
- Incident location
- Lawrence County, Missouri
- Shooting location
- County Road near Highway 97
What people are saying
It’s very emotional because of the senselessness of what occurred. It just makes no sense why someone could be so angry to do something like this
Today my sister Jasmine Taylor got the justice she deserved.