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Life in prison for man accused of killing woman found in Robinson

Z.Baker30 min ago

Waco, Tx ( FOX 44 ) – A 19th District Court Jury only deliberated about a half hour before returning a verdict of guilty and a life sentence for a man accused of shooting a woman and dumping her body in Robinson then setting a fire to cover it.

Derek Daigneault had been accused in the death of 26-year-old Mandy Reynolds, whose body was found near Heston Circle in Robinson in April of 2023.

Robinson Police had identified Daigneault as a suspect early in their investigation, and found evidence to link him to the Wichita, Kansas area. Robinson investigators contacted authorities there to keep an eye out for him.

Daigneault was spotted in a vehicle reported stolen out of Texas, and when Wichita officers tried to pull him over on April 8, 2023, he sped off and rammed several police units during a high speed chase. He was ultimately taken into custody and held on a total of 15 charges in the Sedgwick County, Kansas Jail.

In January 2024, he entered guilty pleas to fleeing or attempting to elude an officers, aggravated battery, criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and theft. In March, a judge in Kansas sentenced him to 111 months, or just over nine years, in prison on those charges.

He was brought back to McLennan County to face the murder charges in May 2024.

Robinson Police said neither the victim nor the suspect had any ties to the area and appeared to be passing through when the body was taken to the location where it was found.

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