A SENTENCING DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR A SIOUX CITY MAN CONVICTED OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND OTHER CHARGES IN THE DEATH OF AN INFANT.
26-YEAR-OLD TAYVON DAVIS WILL BE SENTENCED IN WOODBURY COUNTY DISTRICT COURT ON AUGUST 26TH.
A JURY FOUND DAVIS GUILTY OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER, CHILD ENDANGERMENT WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF A CHILD; AND MULTIPLE ACTS OF CHILD ENDANGERMENT IN THE DEATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND’S INFANT DAUGHTER, 19-MONTH-OLD MAELYNN MYERS, IN AUGUST OF 2018.
DAVIS FACES LIFE IN PRISON ON THE MURDER CHARGE.
THE OTHER COUNTS OF CHILD ENDANGERMENT EACH CARRY UP TO A 50 YEAR SENTENCE.
