A Danville man has been sentenced to life in federal prison without the possibility of parole after being convicted of murder, drug trafficking, and multiple firearms offenses. Kevin Marshall, 35, was sentenced on September 8, 2025, following a federal jury’s decision to convict him on four serious charges. He also received an additional ten-year sentence for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

The case centered around the 2020 murder of Daniel Walter, who was shot and killed in Danville in the early morning hours of April 25. Investigators say Marshall lured Walter from his truck to a secluded area between a house and a detached garage, where he shot him four times at close range. After briefly leaving in Walter’s vehicle, Marshall returned and fired five more rounds into Walter’s head and face, even though he was already dead. He then took Walter’s phone and wallet.

Marshall was arrested later that summer during a drug investigation. At the time, he was actively selling methamphetamine. A Taurus handgun recovered during his arrest was later linked through forensic testing to Walter’s murder and several other shootings in Danville earlier that year.

A grand jury initially indicted Marshall in 2021 on a gun charge. In 2023, prosecutors added charges for murder, carjacking, drug trafficking, and carrying a firearm during a drug crime. At trial in August 2024, prosecutors presented evidence showing not only Marshall’s violent actions, but also efforts to obstruct justice. That included trying to delete social media records and coercing witnesses to take the blame for his crimes.

Marshall has been in federal custody since his arrest in 2021. He was already known to law enforcement for a 2013 conviction in the second-degree murder of Latifah Cross, also in Danville. In handing down the sentence, the judge pointed to both murders, as well as a broader pattern of violence, manipulation, and lack of remorse.

The investigation involved multiple agencies, including local police, state authorities, federal law enforcement, and the U.S. Marshals Service. The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office with support from the Vermilion County State’s Attorney.