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2008-09-12T22:00:00.000-05:00

Soumya Tummala, 22, was shot to death in the Spanish Lake County Park, 12636 Spanish Pond Rd., St. Louis County, Mo., on the night of Friday, Sept. 12, 2008. Police report Tummala was found dead Saturday morning in her car near the Sunfish Lake boat ramp. The shooter is not in custody.

2008-09-09T11:50:00.000-05:00

Christopher Wesley Roy, 32, was shot to death in the 6000 block of Grimshaw Ave., St. Louis, Mo., at about 11:50 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008. Police report Roy was shot by three gunmen who emerged from a gangway, and that Roy died as he attempted to flee. The shooters are not in custody.

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2008-09-08T04:45:00.002-05:00

Yvonne Porter, 38, was stabbed to death in her home in the 8400 block of Jacklin Ave., Berkeley, Mo., at about 4:40 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 8, 2008. Police report Porter was killed by her husband and the murder was heard by their children, who notified authorities. Her estranged husband, Kenneth Porter, 38, later shot himself to death.

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2008-09-07T06:30:00.001-05:00

One male, age unknown, was shot to death at the corner of St. Louis and Garrison avenues, St. Louis, Mo., at about 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Police report the man was found dead inside a burning automobile. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-09-07T01:15:00.001-05:00

One male, early 20s, was shot to death on the street in the 3600 block of Alberta St., St. Louis, Mo., at about 1:15 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Police report the man was shot multiple times. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-09-06T23:55:00.001-05:00

Janice Mayhew, 46, was strangled to death in her apartment in the 400 block of Christian Ave., St. Louis, Mo., on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. Relatives report finding Mayhew strangled in her bed. The strangler is not in custody.

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2008-09-06T22:15:00.000-05:00

Anthony Gardner Jr., 24, was shot to death in the 3900 block of Cote Brilliante Ave., St. Louis, Mo., at about 10:15 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. Police report Gardner was shot multiple times. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-09-03T17:00:00.005-05:00

Stephan Vincent, 24, was shot to death in the backyard of a vacant home in the 5300 block of Ruskin Ave., St. Louis, Mo., around midday on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. Police report Vincent was found late Wednesday night and was shot multiple times in the head. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-09-01T22:00:00.004-05:00

Jimmie Sargent, 52, was shot to death in the backyard of his home in the 2200 block of Arsenal St., St. Louis, Mo., at about 10:00 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. Police report he was shot in the chest by one of three robbers. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-09-01T19:35:00.004-05:00

Cory Beasley, 19, was shot to death in a parking lot in the 4100 block of Natural Bridge Ave., St. Louis, Mo., at 7:35 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. Police report the victim was killed during a drive-by shooting. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-09-01T19:30:00.008-05:00

Markeen Hall, 19, was shot to death in an alley in the 5900 block of Mimika Ave., St. Louis, Mo., at about 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. Police report he was shot multiple times and lived in East St. Louis. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-09-01T01:00:00.003-05:00

Decora Jenkins, 18, was shot to death at her home in the 1600 block of McLaran Ave., St. Louis, Mo., at about 1:00 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. Police report that Jenkins was involved in an argument over a hamburger and was shot in the head. The shooter, Erika Wherry, 28, is in custody.

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2008-08-31T21:00:00.001-05:00

One male, 70, was beaten to death at a bus stop at Grand and Gravois avenues, St. Louis, Mo., at about 9 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008. Police report the man was homeless and was kicked and punched until he likely had a heart attack. The attacker is not in custody.

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2008-08-31T00:40:00.002-05:00

Matthew Walsh, 23, was shot to death in his driveway in the 3700 block of French Ave., St. Louis, Mo., at about 12:40 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008. Police report Walsh was shot three times in the chest after a brief argument. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-08-29T23:25:00.001-05:00

Maurice Trussell, 17, was shot to death at the corner of Canaan and Jordan avenues, St. Louis, Mo., at about 11:25 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. Police report Trussell likely was killed during a drive-by shooting. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-08-29T18:15:00.001-05:00

Mary Weathers, 47, was shot to death at her home in the 9400 block of Green Park Valley Dr., Green Park, Mo., at about 6:15 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. Police report she was shot by her husband. Michael Weathers, 50, killed himself after shooting his wife.

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2008-08-29T15:15:00.002-05:00

Ronald J. Hugger, 36, was shot to death in the 4300 block of Jennings Station Rd., Pine Lawn, Mo., at about 3:15 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. Police report Hugger lived on the 2000 block of Geyer Ave., St. Louis, Mo. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-08-21T20:00:00.001-05:00

Terry Gillespie, 54, was shot to death on a back porch in the 4200 block of Fair Ave., St. Louis, Mo., at about 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Police report a man walked up to Gillespie and shot him in the chest. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-08-19T22:20:00.003-05:00

Christopher Reece, 21, was shot to death on the sidewalk in the 3900 block of Louisiana Ave., St. Louis, Mo., at about 10:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. Police report Reece was shot multiple times. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-08-14T02:30:00.000-05:00

William Coleman, 28, was shot to death in his car in the 5700 block of Riverview Blvd., St. Louis, Mo., at about 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008. Police report Coleman was shot multiple times and died at the scene. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-08-09T21:30:00.002-05:00

Gregory Pendleton, 18, was shot to death in the 4000 block of Dryden Ave., St. Louis, MO., at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008. Police report Pendleton was shot multiple times during a drive-by shooting and died early the next morning. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-08-08T17:31:00.004-05:00

Dana Brown was shot to death in her car on Kienlen Ave. near Evanston Ave., Wellston, Mo., on June 10, 2008. Police report Brown was shot by an angry driver on June 10 and died Aug. 8, 2008 of complications. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-08-08T00:20:00.001-05:00

Darryl Mason, 45, was shot to death at a home in the 2900 block of Keokuk St., St. Louis, Mo., at 12:20 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. Police report Mason was intervening in an argument and was shot multiple times. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-08-04T21:30:00.001-05:00

Antoine Jones, 30, was shot to death on the street in the 700 block of Doddridge St., St. Louis, Mo., late on Monday, Aug. 4, 2008. Police report Jones was found next to the curb, and he is the city's 100th homicide of the year. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-08-04T08:00:00.001-05:00

One female, unknown age, was stabbed to death in a home in the 3000 block of James Cool Papa Bell Ave., St. Louis, Mo., early Monday, Aug. 4, 2008. Police report the woman was elderly. The stabber is not in custody.

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2008-07-24T23:55:00.001-05:00

One male, unknown age, was shot to death on Emma Ave., St. Louis, Mo., at near midnight on Thursday, July 24, 2008. Police report another man was wounded in the same shooting. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-07-23T00:45:00.001-05:00

One male, 22, was shot to death in the street in the 1300 block of Burd Ave., St. Louis, Mo., at about 12:45 a.m. on Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Police report the victim was shot in a double-shooting resulting in the wounding of another man. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-07-22T22:45:00.001-05:00

Charles Williams, 28, was stabbed to death in the 4000 block of Labadie Ave., St. Louis, Mo., at about 10:45 p.m. on Tuesday, July 22, 2008. Police report Williams was involved in an argument. Corey Smith, 25, is in custody for the crime.

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2008-07-21T23:00:00.001-05:00

One male, unknown age, was shot to death in the 3900 block of Botanical Ave., St. Louis, Mo., at about 11:00 p.m. on Monday, July 21, 2008. Police reported no further details. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-07-18T18:00:00.001-05:00

Iveta Marinova, 34, was beaten to death in an office in the 9600 block of Midland Blvd., Overland, Mo., in the evening of Friday, July 18, 2008. Police report Marinova was killed by her brother-in-law during a spree of murders he committed. Boris Shotekoff, 57, shot and killed himself when approached by police.

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2008-07-18T17:00:00.001-05:00

Iva T. Shotekoff, 42, was beaten to death in her home in the 10300 block of Beau Jardin Ave., Creve Coeur, Mo., in the evening of Friday, July 18, 2008. Police report Shotekoff was killed by her husband during a spree of murders he committed. Boris Shotekoff, 57, shot and killed himself when approached by police.

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2008-07-15T14:30:00.002-05:00

Michael Moore, 31, was shot to death on the sidewalk in the 4700 block of Martin Luther King Dr., St. Louis, Mo., at about 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 15, 2008. Police report Moore was sitting on the sidewalk when a man walked up and shot Moore in the back of the head. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-07-03T04:00:00.001-05:00

One male, 43, was shot to death in the 9000 block of Edna St., St. Louis, Mo., at about 4:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 3, 2008. Police report the man was shot after attempting to rob a homeowner and attacking the homeowner with a pipe. The shooter was cleared of charges.

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2008-07-01T19:30:00.001-05:00

Marco DeAndre Bradley, 28, was shot to death in the 5000 block of Emerson Ave., St. Louis, Mo., at about 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 1, 2008. Police report Bradley was shot multiple times after a confrontation on a back porch of a home. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-06-20T06:15:00.001-05:00

One woman, age unknown, was stabbed to death in her home in the 4400 block of Catherine Place, St. Louis, Mo., at about 6:15 a.m. on Friday, June 20, 2008. Police report the woman was stabbed by her husband who then turned himself in. The stabber is in custody.

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2008-06-13T21:22:00.001-05:00

Gerald Lee Williams, 25, was found beaten to death in a crawlspace of an apartment in the 1200 block of N. 7th St., St. Louis, Mo., on Friday, June 13, 2008. Police report Williams' body was partially decomposed and that he was beaten with a hammer. Darryl Price, 52, is in custody for the crime.

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2008-06-10T05:30:00.003-05:00

One man, 34, was shot to death at a home in the 3900 block of N. 25th St., St. Louis, Mo., at about 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Police report the victim was shot after he shot and killed a man. The shooter is in custody.

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2008-06-10T05:30:00.002-05:00

One man, 33, was shot to death at a home in the 3900 block of N. 25th St., St. Louis, Mo., at about 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Police report the man was shot by a security guard after an argument. The security guard was also shot and killed at the scene by the victim's brother.

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2008-06-10T03:30:00.001-05:00

One man, unknown age, was shot to death at a home in the 5100 block of Cates Ave., St. Louis, Mo., at about 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Police report two men robbed two other men, then one of the robbers shot one of the victims. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-06-08T19:30:00.001-05:00

Demetrius Demond Wagner, 20, was shot to death in an unknown location in St. Louis, Mo., at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 8, 2008. Police report Wagner was dropped off at Barnes Jewish Hospital and lived in the 3400 block of Utah St. The shooter is not in custody.

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2008-06-08T12:00:00.000-05:00

One man, unknown age, was found killed in an alley in the 3100 block of Minnesota Ave., St. Louis, Mo., at noon on Sunday, June 8, 2008. Police report the man was found in a burned van. The killer is not in custody.

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2008-06-06T03:00:00.000-05:00

One male, 19, was shot to death while driving at the intersection of Wells and Arlington avenus, St. Louis, Mo., at 3:00 a.m. on Friday, June 6, 2008. Police report the man was shot multiple times. The shooter is not in custody.

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2007-06-05T22:00:00.001-05:00

Adin Choi, 2, was beaten to death at the Motel 6 at 4576 Woodson Rd., St. Louis, Mo., during the evening of Tuesday, June 5, 2007. Police report Choi suffered 23 blows to the head, in addition to other blows to his torso, legs, arms, and back. Randall Gabler, 23, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to beating the child to death while under the influence of heroin.

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1988-12-29T18:00:00.003-06:00

Patricia Shepard, 30, was shot to death at an apartment at 8133 Brennen St., Kinlock, Mo., at about 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 29, 1988. Police report Shepard was shot multiple times in the head. Two men, Lee Jones and Nathaniel Young, were charged Dec. 30 in abstentia.

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1988-12-26T05:00:00.001-06:00

Anita Counts, 25, was found strangled to death in an alley in the 1900 block of E. Warne Ave., St. Louis, Mo., at about 5:00 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 26, 1988. Police report Counts was last seen in a nearby tavern. The strangler is not in custody.

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1988-12-22T22:50:00.001-06:00

Andre Carter, 22, was shot to death on a street corner in the 6700 block of Schofield Ave., Pagedale, Mo., at 10:50 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1988. Police report Carter died early Thursday morning of multiple gunshot wounds. No shooter is in custody.

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1988-12-22T09:00:00.001-06:00

Berra Young, 36, was found beaten to death in a vacant lot at 5827 Cates Ave., St. Louis, Mo., at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 22, 1988. Police report Young lived at 6331 Sherry Ave., St. Louis. Latrell Campbell, 42, was charged with second-degree murder for the crime.

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1988-12-16T20:00:00.001-06:00

Sharper Swift, 26, was found shot to death in the back seat of his car, parked at 5009 Terry Ave. and N. Kingshighway, St. Louis, Mo., at 8:50 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 19, 1988. Police report Swift was found wrapped in white sheets, and that Swift's car had been parked in its location since Friday, Dec. 16. The shooter is not in custody.

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1988-12-15T21:45:00.001-06:00

Charmaine Miller, 27, was shot to death in the driveway of her apartment in the 5000 block of Waterman Blvd., St. Louis, Mo., at about 9:45 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15, 1988. Police report Miller staggered across the street and fell to the curb after the shooting. The shooter is not in custody.

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1988-10-18T15:00:00.001-05:00

Clyde Thomas, 51, was shot to death at his home at 4315 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis, Mo., on the afternoon of Tuesday, Oct. 18, 1988. Police report Thomas was an innocent bystander working on his nearby automobile. Carlos Harvey, 17, pleaded guilty on May 22, 1989 and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Harvey was paroled and later murdered on Nov. 23, 1994 in St. Louis.

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1988-10-08T20:23:00.001-05:00

Cary Kevrick, 38, was shot to death at the U-Haul Center at 9820 Page Blvd., Overland, Mo., on Saturday, Oct. 8, 1988. Police report that Kevrick, who was the sales manager of the U-Haul center, was shot multiple times. Larry Wandrick, 30, was charged with first-degree murder for the crime.

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