Murder of Delvin ‘Buckii’ Meadows by teenage Quincy Whitfield spotlighted on ID

This week The Murder Tapes travels to northern Arkansas for a murder mystery in the small town of Blytheville.

Delvin ‘Buckii’ Meadows was shot dead late one night in April 2017, and

it took the cops nearly a year and a half to put all the pieces together and arrest 19-year-old Quincy Whitfield for the murder.

On April 7, 2017, police officers responded to a call that shots had been fired on the westside of Blytheville. When they arrived, they discovered 22- year-old Meadows slumped over the front steps of his neighbor’s residence. He had been shot in the upper chest and was unresponsive. He died a short time later.

Witnesses reported hearing gunfire and then seeing Meadows lying on the steps, but nobody was able to identify the killer. Meadows had reportedly asked a witness to telephone the paramedics before he lost consciousness.

Quincy Whitfield escaped justice for 15 months

Over a year passed until Blytheville Police Chief Ross Thompson announced that they had arrested 19-year-old Quincy Whitfield for the crime in August 2018. He was charged with first-degree murder, and his bail bond was set at $500,000.

Whitfield, who was a resident of Mississippi County, eventually pleaded guilty to the murder and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. In addition, he was also given a 15-year suspended sentence relating to the crime.

Previously on the Murder Tapes

Follow the links to read about more murders profiled on ID’s The Murder Tapes.

Caleb Bartels shot his former friend and roommate Ryne Zahner in the backyard of his home in Mesa, Arizona. Bartels then fled the state, driving through Nevada before finally being apprehended just love the Californian state line in Lassen County. His brother testified against him, leading to a life sentence.

Jack Hamann murdered his 82-year-old landlady, Agnes Bram, with incredible savagery that shocked the authorities. Having bashed her skull in with a blunt object, he then left her body in the garage while he continued to live in his rented room until her body was discovered.

Steven Galvin was gunned down in broad daylight on a California street; before he died, he told officers he thought a Brian Cox was responsible. However, police disagreed with the murder victim as all evidence pointed in the direction of a Billy Mount, who was eventually sent down for the crime.

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