Left inset: Sidney Wilson V (Lebanon Police Department). Right inset: Reagan Wilson (Meal Train). Background: Sidney Wilson V being taken into custody for allegedly murdering his estranged wife, Reagan Wilson, in June 2025 (Ozarks First).
A Missouri man has admitted to gunning down the mother of his unborn child after getting "upset" over a message he received on Facebook asking him to stay away from her, which he received five hours before the fatal shooting.
Sidney Wilson V, who was 25 at the time of the slaying and living in Stoutland, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of his pregnant estranged wife, Reagan Wilson, 21, and their unborn baby, who was to be named Silas, at Reagan Wilson's home in Lebanon, according to court records. The child survived the attack but died eight days later.
Sidney Wilson was charging his 2022 Tesla Model 3 at Wally's convenience store in Fenton when he received the message that set him off, according to police officials.
"[Reagan Wilson] didn't want him or his family there," Sidney Wilson's probable cause statement said about the message he received. "When asked if the message upset him, he said that it did, and he waited a while to respond back," cops alleged.
Lebanon police officers responded to a report of a shooting at 11:37 p.m. in the 700 block of North Adams Avenue and found Reagan Wilson dying inside her residence. Paramedics rushed Reagan Wilson to a local medical facility and delivered Silas.
Sidney Wilson allegedly shot Reagan Wilson, fled the residence and then went to the hospital, where Silas was being treated in the days that followed before his eventual death.
"[Sidney Wilson] never once asked about the status of the investigation and where we were on locating a suspect in the investigation," the probable cause statement said. "He only asked about when he could get his vehicle back."
Sidney Wilson was later arrested and charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.
Relatives told Ozarks First that Sidney Wilson was Reagan Wilson's husband and they were separated. Sidney Wilson allegedly admitted to cops that their relationship was "strained after she left him in December 2024," the probable cause statement said.
Redacted statements made to police by Sidney Wilson include one in which he mentioned "that it would be easier if [name redacted] was dead," according to the probable cause statement. He also confessed to owning a gun that matched the one used to kill Reagan Wilson, but claimed he "sold it to an unknown individual" who randomly approached him in April "while he was eating," police said.
"They had a conversation for a couple of hours and then he made the decision to sell him his gun," Sidney Wilson told cops about the interaction.
Video footage obtained by police on dates provided by Sidney Wilson showed him ordering his food and leaving without speaking to anyone, the probable cause statement said.
"He never sits down and never communicates with anyone other than the employees," police alleged.
Reagan Wilson's family told Ozarks First it was a "sigh of relief" to have Sidney Wilson behind bars and "long overdue" following his arrest. "Our almost-adult kids are struggling and terrified to go outside at night," said Sarah Ice, Reagan Wilson's mother. "Their sister was just taken, for no reason."
Sidney Wilson is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 14.