Overview
- Alan Michael Mellow, 33, is accused of fatally shooting 30-year-old Hannah Lee Blizard outside an apartment in Monett on Dec. 20.
- Prosecutors charged him with first-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action, and first-degree child endangerment; he is held without bond at Barry County Jail.
- A probable cause affidavit says the shooting happened in a car while their three-month-old was present after an argument over allegedly stolen coins tied to alcohol.
- Police say Mellow took the infant back into the apartment, later surrendered with the child, the baby was evaluated at a hospital, and Blizard was pronounced dead at the scene.
- The affidavit states he told officers, "My son will grow up without a dad," and that Blizard had planned to leave with the child.