Megan Bailey Nicole Glasser, 21, was shot in the head and died on April 16, 2022, inside the home she shared with her boyfriend near Stoutland in Laclede County. Deputies were called about 2:30 p.m. after a neighbor reported that the boyfriend’s grandfather said the boyfriend had shot Megan. Deputies found Megan face down in a bedroom; a gunshot wound near her left temple was visible when she was turned over. A small single-shot derringer taken from the boyfriend’s person was identified as the weapon.

The boyfriend, 22-year-old Dillion Thomas Drake Bacon, was at the scene with his grandfather and was arrested. Bacon told investigators he and Glasser had argued, that he had emptied his pockets and been waving the derringer when it discharged as Glasser made a swiping motion toward it; he said he did not intend to fire.

Megan had been raised around Lebanon, graduated from Lebanon High School in 2019, worked for Emerson Electric and was caring for a young son; her obituary said caring for her child was the central focus of her life. If anyone knew Megan, her movements that day, or has information about the relationship, please come forward.