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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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Man sentenced to 22 years in prison for murder of Affton woman in 2017

Man sentenced to 22 years in prison for murder of Affton woman in 2017

June 8, 2021

A man was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for murder for allegedly stabbing an Affton woman to death for money in 2017. Danijel Colic, 27, was sentenced to 22 years in prison for second-degree...

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Jefferson County man charged with murder of man found dead in apartment fire

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor September 24, 2020

A Jefferson County man has been charged with murder for allegedly killing a man whose body was found after a fire consumed his apartment along Lemay Ferry Road. St. Louis County prosecutors charged Brandon...

Officer Tamarris Bohannon

‘A hero to many’: Officer killed in line of duty graduated from Oakville High

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 31, 2020

Tamarris Bohannon, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officer shot and killed over the weekend, was a 2009 graduate of Oakville High School. Bohannon, 29, had served on the force for the city...

Man found shot to death in South County

Man found shot to death in South County

August 30, 2020

A man died following a shooting on Lemay Ferry Road early Sunday morning, and detectives have opened a homicide investigation. At approximately 1:17 a.m. Sunday, St. Louis County Police Department officers...

Officers and firefighter-medics respond to the site of the officer-involved shooting at Nottingham Estates in March 2019.

Police identify man found dead in South County fire, classifying it as homicide

August 3, 2020

Police have identified the man whose body was found in an apartment fire in South County, in a case now being investigated as a homicide. Investigators identified James Kwiatkowski, 62, of the 4000 block...

Body found in burned trailer identified as Lemay man

Body found in burned trailer identified as Lemay man

April 19, 2020

The man who was found burned to death inside a box trailer in Lemay has been identified by police. The homicide investigation is still active into the suspicious death of Kenneth Booth Jr., 49, of the...

File photo. Police shot a man approaching them with a metal pipe in March 2019 at Lemay Ferry and Butler Hill roads in Oakville, sending the suspect to the hospital. The suspect sustained serious injuries. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Burned body inside box trailer leads to homicide investigation in South County

March 29, 2020

Authorities opened a homicide investigation in South County Saturday night after a box trailer was burned with someone inside in Lemay. The St. Louis County Police Department received a 911 call around...

The St. Louis County Police Department investigates at apartments along Marble Arch Lane in Affton after a woman was fatally stabbed Wednesday. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Man found dying on front porch in Affton was stabbed to death

January 15, 2020

The man found dying on his porch in Affton Tuesday was stabbed to death, police said. Justin Leeman, 41, of the 7900 block of Hildesheim Avenue in Affton, died after being stabbed in his upper body,...

Death of man found on porch in Affton classified as homicide

Death of man found on porch in Affton classified as homicide

January 14, 2020

Police are classifying the death of a man found on a porch in Affton as a homicide. Officers from the Affton Southwest Precinct of the St. Louis County Police Department responded to a call for a “person...

Police released this surveillance photo of a car they say hit and killed a 64-year-old pedestrian crossing South Broadway in Lemay on Black Friday.

Pedestrian struck and killed in hit-and-run identified as Lemay man; suspect still at large

December 17, 2019

Pictured above: Police released this surveillance photo of a car they say hit and killed a 64-year-old pedestrian crossing South Broadway in Lemay on Black Friday.  Police have publicly identified the...

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