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Part 2: The body of Lance Edward Loveless is discovered.
Lance Edward Loveless was a 30 year old white male. Father, Son, Brother, Husband and Friend.
Lance was found murdered in the early afternoon of March 27, 2018. . Loveless was found slumped in his car that was parked in an alley. Shot to death. His wallet was missing.
Word of Loveless’ death spread quickly in Springfield, Mo. Loveless’ body was found in an area he didn’t frequent. His family said that Lance didn't know anybody in the north side neighborhood he was found.
The public didn’t know what the motive for his murder was. Didn’t know if the murder was random or if Loveless knew his killer.
Springfield has had it’s share of murders, however, in most cases the authorities are able to determine if a murder was random or targeted, very quickly. Was not the case in the Loveless murder. The public didn’t know what was going on.
Then on March 28th the Loveless family did an interview with a local newspaper. His brother said that Lance went to his female cousin’s home the night before his body was discovered. He contacted his wife telling her he was on his way home at 11:30 pm. He never made it home.
In the interview with the newspaper, Loveless’ brother mentioned how trusting Lance was. He gave an example of an encounter he had at a Narcotics Anonymous meeting with a couple he had never met before . The couple needed a ride home. Lance's brother stated that Lance went above and beyond to get them to their destination. That's the kind of guy Lance was.
The fact that Loveless was attending NA meetings did give the public a possible clue as to what the motive for his murder might be. Most of the murders in Springfield, Mo have been drug related so it’s easy to assume that this one was too.
The Loveless family gave no indication that Lance was using drugs or was associated with the drug scene. There was no mention of a criminal past.
A couple of gofundme campaigns were set up to help pay for Lance’s funeral and to help Lances wife and children. The author of the campaigns sang high praises for Lance. The campaign for the funeral did well.
In the state of Missouri criminal records are available online to the public. If a person has been charged and convicted with a crime in Missouri, anyone can find the records.
Many comments on social media indicated that some citizens were looking at Lance’s criminal history for clues to his murder.
These records were found:
Loveless Criminal history: Greene County Missouri, Robbery 2008, 2012 sentenced to 7 yrs. Sentence suspended. Shock incarceration 2 months in Greene County jail. 5 years CONDITIONAL RELEASE AND INTENSIVE SUPERVISION PROGRAM (CRISP) completed July 2017. In and out of jail for probation violations, failure to appear 2013- 2017. A couple of traffic violations.
The Conditional Release and Intensive Supervision Program (CRISP) is a general program tailored to each individuals rehabilitation needs.
Since it is implied that Lance had struggled with drug addiction, it is possible he may have attended a drug treatment program other than the NA meetings.
On March 28th the Greene county judicial center received a letter from First Track Offender Monitoring Service stating that Willie C. Haughton Jr. had violated the conditions of his bond by going to 17 unapproved locations.
Unless a person knew that Haughton was a suspect in the murder of Lance Loveless there would be no reason to look at the docket entries of Haughton's pending domestic assault case.
On March 30th the judge revoked Haughton’s bond, issued a warrant for his arrest and notified the bondsmen. A hearing was set for April 2nd.
On March 30th ,the public still does not know who murdered Lance Loveless, or why.
Stay tuned for the next entry. The Robert C. Hewitt murder.
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