Gainesville, MO. – On June 12, 2024, 49-year-old Shannon Collins was arrested after she threw her boyfriend off of a moving vehicle, severely injuring him. She was charged with Domestic assault – 2nd degree and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in physical injury.
Collins has just received extra charges after her boyfriend later died from the injuries he received. She is now being charged with second-degree murder, tampering with a motor vehicle, and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death.
55-year-old Mark Ault was the man killed in the accident. According to the probable cause statement, Collins was attempting to leave in Ault’s vehicle and when he tried to stop her, she then accelerated the vehicle and slammed on her brakes. This sent him over the hood of the truck, resulting in serious injuries. Ault was taken to Cox Medical Center South in Springfield for treatment where he died from his head trauma the next day.
This was not the first domestic dispute deputies have responded to at the residence. Collins is being held at the Ozark County Jail without bond.
