Springfield woman sentenced to at least 13 years after man found shot to death in Trotwood

Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. JIM NOELKER/STAFF FILE

Credit: JIM NOELKER

Credit: JIM NOELKER

Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. JIM NOELKER/STAFF FILE

An 18-year-old from Springfield was sentenced to more than a decade in prison in connection to the shooting of a Dayton man who was found dead in Trotwood more than two years ago.

Destiney Massie was sentenced to 13 to 18 years at the Ohio State Reformatory for Women in Marysville, according to the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office.

Massie pleaded guilty in August in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court to involuntary manslaughter and aggravated robbery. She initially was indicted last December for murder, aggravated robbery and felonious assault last December.

The charges were for the death of 20-year-old Elijah Stollings.

Trotwood police on Aug. 21, 2022, found a suspicious unoccupied vehicle at the Shiloh Court Apartments off Shiloh Springs Road. As they investigated, they noticed blood around and inside the vehicle, according to Trotwood police.

During a search of the area police found Stollings’ body.

He died from a gunshot wound to the head, according to Montgomery County Coroner Dr. Kent Harshbarger.

It was determined Massie was not the shooter, but she was complicit in a robbery and shooting that resulted in the death of Stollings, according to the prosecutor’s office.

Massie was a juvenile at the time of the shooting and her case was bound over from juvenile court to common pleas court.

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