City of Columbia Missouri Police Department

600 E. Walnut Street
Columbia, MO 65201

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 5, 2019

CONTACT: Jeff Pitts
Community Relations Specialist/Public Information Officer
Columbia Police Department
City of Columbia
573.817.5049
[email protected]

Suspect arrested regarding open missing person case from 2006

(COLUMBIA, MO) -

On Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, Columbia Police obtained an arrest warrant for Keith Alan Comfort, 37, of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin for Murder 2nd Degree, in relation to a Columbia missing person case from 2006. Megan Nicole Shultz, 24 at the time of her disappearance, was reported missing Aug. 5, 2006. At the time, Comfort stated she left their residence on Amelia Street in Columbia on foot.

Comfort went to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin Police Department on Sunday, Aug. 4, and made voluntary statements to a Lake Geneva Police officer implicating himself in the death of Shultz. 

Columbia Police detectives are currently en route to Lake Geneva to interview Comfort. 

A warrant for Comfort’s arrest has been issued with a $1,000,000 cash-only bond. 

Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to please contact the Columbia Police Department at 573.874.7652 or CrimeStoppers at 573.875.TIPS to remain anonymous.

Case number 2006-009538


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