High school football player who staged his own disappearance pleads guilty with co-defendant to murdering mom’s ex-lover

Gabriel Michael Davis (left and center) and Justin Jiwoon Yoon (right) pleaded guilty on Sept. 06, 2023 to murdering Daniel McCaw in a burglary. (Screenshots from court: The Tacoma News Tribune; football image of Davies: Thurston County Sheriff

Gabriel Michael Davis (left and center) and Justin Jiwoon Yoon (right) pleaded guilty on Sept. 06, 2023 to murdering Daniel McCaw in a burglary. (Screenshots from court: The Tacoma News Tribune; football image of Davies: Thurston County Sheriff’s Office)

A high school football player and his co-defendant pleaded guilty to murdering his mother’s former lover.

Gabriel Michael Davies and Justin Jiwoon Yoon were 16 years old on Aug. 28, 2022, when they broke into the home of Daniel McCaw, 51, in Pierce County, Washington, and fatally shot him.

Authorities said surveillance footage depicted the boys sneaking in through the dog door. Less than an hour later, McCaw left his detached garage and entered the residence, never to emerge. Davies and Yoon exited the home through the side door before running back and forth to the garage, carrying items.

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