Davies was fatally beaten with a frying pan and a baseball bat. Then the body was dumped in the Missouri River, where it was found several days later.
A co-defendant, Martin Rilinger, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Three other defendants, Patricia Butler, Dollie Williams, and Billy Wilson, were all convicted and sentenced for evidence-tampering charges for helping dispose of the body.
Jarrell was convicted by a jury last month on the lessor-indluded charge of voluntary manslaughter, along with armed criminal action and abandonment of a corpse. The panel recommended seven years for manslaughter, three years for armed criminal action, and four years for abandonment of a corpse. Judge Dan Kellogg imposed those sentences, but ordered they be served consecutively.