ST. CHARLES COUNTY — Florissant man dies in crash: A man died Saturday night after losing control of his car on Highway 94 in West Alton, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Gary S. Caldwell, 72, of Florissant, was driving his 1973 Triumph TR6 eastbound at around 7:50 p.m. on Highway 94 near Dresser Island Road when he took a curve too fast. His car went off the road and flipped over, according to a highway patrol crash report.
Caldwell was not wearing a seat belt, the crash report said. He was pronounced dead at 8:13 p.m.
ST. LOUIS — Charges filed in death of man during attempted robbery: Prosecutors charged a man Friday with holding two people at gunpoint and fatally shooting one of them during an attempted robbery in a north St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë home two years ago.
Jimmie Spann, 58, is facing nine felonies, including first-degree murder, in the shooting death of 29-year-old Jerry McCulley at a home in the 1100 block of Aubert Avenue in the city's Fountain Park neighborhood.
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Charges said Spann walked into the home on Nov. 16, 2022, demanded property from McCulley and then shot him.
Spann then pointed his gun at a another person who was in the house and forced them to go through McCulley's pockets, charges say. Spann led the second person outside at gunpoint, but that person was eventually able to get away.
Investigators spoke with two witnesses at the scene and also reviewed Spann's phone records, which showed he was in the area at the time of the shooting, charges say.
Spann is facing charges of murder, armed criminal action, attempted robbery, kidnapping, unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm.
A judge ordered him to be held without bond. Charges say Spann is currently incarcerated in another state on unrelated charges.
ST. LOUIS — Woman's body found burned in Baden: Homicide detectives are investigating after a woman was found dead and burned in the city's Baden neighborhood.
Police responded at around 8:30 p.m. Saturday to the 1200 block of Switzer Avenue where they found an unidentified woman's body that had been burned, according to a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
No additional information was available Sunday morning.
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