Kennett man found guilty of 13 charges including kidnapping and robbery following police intervention

KENNETT, MO. (KFVS) – A Kennett man was found guilty of 13 felonies following a murder. Police stalemate in January.

Kenneth Canday, 25, of Kennett, Missouri, was found guilty of 13 felonies, including kidnapping, assault, robbery, weapons offenses and resisting arrest, according to Dunklin County Prosecutor Nicholas D. Jain.

Canday was charged after police learned he assaulted and kidnapped a man in Senath, Missouri, in January of this year. When police attempted to arrest Canday the next day, he took hostages, resulting in an eight-hour standoff with police.

Dunklin County Deputy Prosecutor Ryan Dicus prosecuted this case at a jury trial before the Honorable Joshua D. Underwood in Pemiscot County on November 6 and 7.

“As a Pemiscot County resident myself, I was pleased to obtain justice for the victims before a jury of my Pemiscot County neighbors,” Dicus said.

These charges stem from an incident that occurred in Senath on January 28; Canday and the other defendants lured a man into an apartment, then beat him, cut him, burned him, and also stole his cell phone.

The next day, police attempted to arrest Canday when he barricaded himself in a residence with two hostages inside. Hostage negotiators convinced him to release one of the hostages in about four hours. A SWAT team engaged in a firefight that lasted nearly eight hours, rescuing the second hostage and taking Canday into custody.

After the defendant requested a change of venue from Dunklin County, the case was transferred to Pemiscot County.

The jury found Canday guilty of two counts of first-degree kidnapping, first-degree robbery, two counts of second-degree assault, five counts of armed criminal action, third-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and resisting arrest.

Following these findings, Judge Underwood ordered Canday held without bail until his sentencing hearing, scheduled for January 6, 2025.

At sentencing, Canday will be subject to an expanded sentencing range based on prior felony convictions for receiving stolen property and tampering with electronic monitoring equipment.

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