Columbia teen charged with murder to be moved to adult facility

Columbia teen charged with murder moved to adult jail

Kavon Williams, charged with murder and robbery, has been in a juvenile detention center awaiting trial. Williams will be tried as an adult in the murder case, which stems from the death investigation of a Macon man who went missing in January 2024.

Columbia teen charged with murder to be moved to adult facility

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County judge has granted a motion to move a teenager charged with murder from the Juvenile Center to the Boone County Jail. In a hearing on Friday, the juvenile officer argued for Kavon Williams, 16, to be moved to the facility after several incidents. In December, the judge denied the same request but said that if Williams' behavior could change, his decision if brought back up by the state. The juvenile office cite…