Found Deceased MO - Aaron Armantrout, 36, & Susan (found alive), 41, Ste. Genevieve, 15 Dec 2018 *wife arrested*

[MimosaMornings]

I didn’t realize the death threats were coming from his wife! How very sad.

 

[cybervampira]

Bond set at $1M for wife accused of murdering Ste. Geneieve man

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Officials believed Susan used a pistol to shoot and kill her 36-year-old husband Aaron Armantrout. Major Jason Schott is the Chief Deputy at the Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff Department, “We know for sure the homicide happened in Ste. Genevie County at the residence.” He said it’s believed Susan then drove her husband’s body to a storage unit in Potosi. It appeared she had help in the crime and there could be more arrests This all began to unfold Saturday after the couple’s pictures were posted as missing, a citizen called the sheriff’s department alerting officials that Susan was alive in Bonne Terre. They questioned her which led to the discovery of Aaron’s body which was found stuffed in the trunk of the couple’s BMW in the Potosi storage unit.

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[Jaykayelle]

Second arrest made in the murder of a Ste. Genevieve man

Second arrest made today

 

[cybervampira]

Murder case bound over to circuit court

The case of a woman charged with the December murder of her husband has been bound over to circuit court.

Susan J. Armantrout, 41, of Ste. Genevieve County, submitted in writing, by counsel, a waiver of preliminary hearing to Associate Circuit Judge Timothy Inman.

The waiver has been accepted and the case has now been turned over to Circuit Judge Jerel Poor II for trial setting. In addition to the waiver of preliminary hearing, Judge Inman had also denied any bond reduction for Armantrout.

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[CaliRoses]

Judge Rules Enough Evidence To Move Forward With Case Against Skaggs

Seems like there have been two additional arrests:

Enough evidence exists for Anthony Layne Skaggs to stand trial for felony charges of abandonment of a corpse and tampering with physical evidence in a felony prosecution, Judge Timothy Inman ruled Friday at the conclusion of a preliminary hearing.

He will be arraigned on Tuesday, April 2.


The charges relate to the December death of Aaron Armantrout, who was allegedly murdered by his wife, Susan (Skaggs) Armantrout, at their home on Route D in western Ste. Genevieve County. The body was discovered in the trunk of their car at a storage facility in Potosi.

Angel Marie Senter, who faces felony charges of abandonment of a corpse and tampering with physical evidence in a felony prosecution, was supposed to have her preliminary hearing last week as well, but her attorney was tied up with another matter and indicated Senter would waive her right to the hearing.

 

[CharlestonGal]

https://www.stegenherald.com/2020/04/07/guilty-plea-entered-in-murder-of-armantrout/

Susan J. Skaggs, aka Susan J. Armantrout, pleaded guilty to the Class A felony of murder in the first degree in the December 14, 2018, death of her estranged husband. She told the court she shot Aaron Armantrout that day after he came home from work. She said they had a verbal argument.

She was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of probation or parole. And $68 in court costs, assessed to the state.
Charges of armed criminal action and abandonment of corpse were dropped as part of the deal.

Her guilty plea and sentencing was the second of the morning, as Anthony L. Skaggs, her son, entered a guilty plea to the Class E felony of tampering with physical evidence in a felony prosecution.

Anthony L. Skaggs, her son, entered a guilty plea to the Class E felony of tampering with physical evidence in a felony prosecution.

He was sentenced to his time served — 254 days in the Ste. Genevieve County Jail.