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3 charged with killing Missouri man in drug deal gone bad

CALWOOD, Mo. (AP) — Three people have been charged with killing another man in a meth deal that went bad.

Morris photo Callaway Co.
Morris -photo Callaway Co.

The Columbia Missourian reports that Justin Witt, Joey Morris and William Schoening-Scoggins are jailed without bond on several charges, including second-degree murder, in the death of 29-year-old Nathan Pritchett Jr. His body was found Tuesday near the unincorporated Callaway County town of Calwood, which is about 30 miles east of Columbia.

Charging documents say Schoening-Scoggins told law enforcement that he and Morris intended to get methamphetamine from Pritchett. Before meeting Pritchett, Schoening-Scoggins and Morris met with Witt to get counterfeit money to acquire the methamphetamine from Pritchett.

Witt -photo Callaway Co.

But Pritchett figured out the money was fake. Charging documents say Witt then shot Pritchett with a 20-gauge shotgun.

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