Third Suspect Sentenced in Greene County Body Dumping Case

By Joe Rios
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What We Know: A third person involved in dumping a Springfield man’s body in a rural Greene County ditch is headed to prison.

What It Means: Fifty-one-year-old Christopher Key has been sentenced to four years for abandonment of a corpse.

The case dates back to October 2024, when deputies found David Costlow’s body along a county road. An autopsy showed he had been shot multiple times.

What’s Next: Another defendant, Shannon Phillips, received a four-year sentence in August.

Paul Sartin remains charged with second-degree murder and is due back in court in December

(Third Suspect Sentenced in Greene County Body Dumping Case)