Convicted murderer sentenced to 16 years in prison

Keithus Giden III

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Court documents from St. Joseph County reveal 22-year-old Keithus Giden III has been sentenced after pleading guilty to Murder in the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Jaylin Micou at My Place Bar & Grill on Portage Avenue in South Bend on Aug. 10, 2025.

Giden's other charges were dismissed.

Giden was sentenced on Dec. 17, 2025, to 16 years in prison, followed by two years in St. Joseph County Corrections, and another two years of probation.

Micou was shot in the neck according to the official police report.

He was then taken to the hospital where he became dependent on machines to breathe and maintain vital functions, with irreversible loss of brain functions resulting in cerebral death.

Micou was later pronounced dead.

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