Man guilty of murdering mother-in-law in Holland hotel sentenced to 37 years
GRAND HAVEN — David Malcolm McCoy, a Holland man accused of stabbing his mother-in-law to death in a hotel room in May 2020, will serve more than three decades in prison.
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McCoy was sentenced Monday, March 27, in Ottawa County 58th District Court to 37-and-a-half years in prison after being declared "guilty but mentally ill" to a charge of second degree murder and a habitual offender charge, according to reports from The Grand Haven Tribune. He was initially charged with open murder.
Michelle Speck, 52, was found dead in a room at the Staybridge Suites in Holland Township in May 2020. Police said they were called to the hotel in the early morning hours to check on Speck after a family member expressed concern for her safety.
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McCoy was arrested in the South Bend, Indiana, area the same day Speck's body was found, having fled the hotel in Speck's vehicle. His criminal history in Ottawa County includes a misdemeanor assault and battery conviction, for which he served a short jail sentence, and a misdemeanor aggravated domestic assault conviction.
McCoy also pleaded guilty in 2019 to felony charges of fleeing a police officer and unlawfully driving away a motor vehicle. He was sentenced to 110 days in jail and 60 months probation for those convictions.
— Contact editor Cassandra Lybrink at clybrink@hollandsentinel.com. Follow her on Twitter @CassLybrink.
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