The List of Black and Missing Continues to Grow | The Crusader Newspaper Group
All have been ruled out for this little girl
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STATE v. FOOTE | 791 S.W.2d 879 (1990) | w2d87911598 | Leagle.com
Clipping from St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Newspapers.com
''Killing From page one ,I,,,J,M..-I..1l .IN,. Michael Foote Charged with murder desegregation program. "He was a very good boy," Mrs. Foote said late Tuesday, wiping away tears as she stood at the door of her apartment in the city's North Side several miles from where her son's body was found. "That's all I can say." Authorities say Michael Foote has no criminal record. Homicide detectives said they had found physical evidence linking him to the crime. They said he had given conflicting statements to police about the killing. Police say they do not know the motive for the murder. Capt. Robert Richters, commander of the homicide division, said that Alfred's father had told authorities that Michael Foote needed treatment for mental problems. "The dead child's father told us that he thought his brother was emotionally disturbed and wanted him to get treatment some years ago," Richters said. The murder was the second involving decapitation in St. Louis in less than two years. The body of a girl about 9 or 10 years old was found Feb. 28, 1983, in a vacant building at 5635 Clemens Avenue less than two miles from where Alfred's body was found. Despite an intensive investigation that lasted for several months, detectives never solved the "Jane Doe" killing. The girl's head has not been recovered; she has not been identified. Detective Sgt. Herb Riley said police would "most definitely" SCALE "K o ii mil. . floral Brldge Decapitated I Boy Found M Last I Vs,-touisAve. Hereh gKennertyAve. S Zrf" Highland Ave. Oelmar Blvd. -A J FOREST ;y-rs g PARK "13 I'-..- I v. j n :, "S . as '' t " m . 5 J 4 , f st; v Post-Dispatch graphic by Tony Lazorko question Michael Foote about the killing of the young girl. "Right now, though, we have nothing connecting him to the earlier decapitation case," Riley said. Police gave this account of the boy's killing: Alfred Foote and his younger brother "visited the home of their uncle and grandmother, Ophelia Foote, late Monday afternoon. That evening, the boys' father took the grandmother to a hospital after she became ill, possibly suffering a mild stroke. She was still in the hospital late Tuesday. Alfred Foote Sr. returned to his brother's house shortly after 4 a.m. Tuesday to pick up his sons. The 7-year-old was unharmed, police said, but young Alfred was missing. The uncle said the boy had run away. Suspecting that something had happened to his oldest son, Alfred Foote Sr. and his brother began quarreling. After a neighbor called police, Officer Paul Rea of the Union Boulevard District went to the house. He saw blood on Michael Foote's clothing and noted that Foote appeared to be drunk. Members of the Police Department's canine corps, juvenile division and Union Boulevard District conducted an intensive search of vacant buildings and lots in the area. Detectives Thomas Kranz, Theodore Ehrlich and Willie Thompson found the body in the stairwell of the vacant building on Kennerly. After a preliminary examination of the corpse, Dr. Michael Graham of the medical examiner's office said the boy's head had been severed after he was dead. The boy was killed as a result of several blows to head possibly with a heavy stick. A large butcher knife has been seized as evidence, police said. Homicide detectives say the boy was killed in the house on Highland possibly In the basement and his body and head were carried down the alley to the vacant house. Neighbors said the dilapidated frame house had been vacant for at least two years. Its windows and doors are boarded shut with red plywood; the once-white exterior walls are splotched and peeling, revealing dark wood underneath. The front lawn, overgrown with weeds, is strewn with trash crushed beer cans, broken glass and empty propane canisters. Small crowds of neighorhood residents gathered around the vacant house Tuesday morning as homicide detectives examined the scene. The body was taken away about 1 1 a.m. "If I have tears in my eyes, I just can't help it," said one onlooker, Ophelia Rodgers, 47. "I can't even think right. I knew that boy since he was a baby he was a nice little boy. Why would anybody do something like that?" Mrs. Rodgers, who lives nearby, said young Alfred had often visited his grandmother at her house on Highland. The front lawn of that house was strewn with roof shingles and wood Tuesday morning; neighbors said workmen were installing a new roof there. At the Mason Ridge School, 715 South Mason Road in Creve Coeur, Alfred was one of 33 students from St. Louis who were bused to the school. George Ramsey, principal of Mason Ridge, said Tuesday that Alfred had begun attending the school last year. Before that, the boy had gone to Eliot Elementary School, 4242 Grove Avenue in St. Louis. "Alfred had a very outgoing, pleasing personality he was a really likable young boy," Ramsey said. "I don't think there was a person here who was ever uncomfortable with Alfred. He was well-liked by his classmates and the staff." When Alfred failed to show up for classes Tuesday morning, school officials called his home to find out if he was ill. One of Alfred's aunts told Ramsey that the boy had been killed. Ramsey said he had called together the room mothers at the school to inform them of the killing. He also arranged for a psychologist to go to the school Tuesday afternoon to meet with the staff and a group of parents''
Nice Catch!!STATE v. FOOTE | 791 S.W.2d 879 (1990) | w2d87911598 | Leagle.com
Clipping from St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Newspapers.com
''Killing From page one ,I,,,J,M..-I..1l .IN,. Michael Foote Charged with murder desegregation program. "He was a very good boy," Mrs. Foote said late Tuesday, wiping away tears as she stood at the door of her apartment in the city's North Side several miles from where her son's body was found. "That's all I can say." Authorities say Michael Foote has no criminal record. Homicide detectives said they had found physical evidence linking him to the crime. They said he had given conflicting statements to police about the killing. Police say they do not know the motive for the murder. Capt. Robert Richters, commander of the homicide division, said that Alfred's father had told authorities that Michael Foote needed treatment for mental problems. "The dead child's father told us that he thought his brother was emotionally disturbed and wanted him to get treatment some years ago," Richters said. The murder was the second involving decapitation in St. Louis in less than two years. The body of a girl about 9 or 10 years old was found Feb. 28, 1983, in a vacant building at 5635 Clemens Avenue less than two miles from where Alfred's body was found. Despite an intensive investigation that lasted for several months, detectives never solved the "Jane Doe" killing. The girl's head has not been recovered; she has not been identified. Detective Sgt. Herb Riley said police would "most definitely" SCALE "K o ii mil. . floral Brldge Decapitated I Boy Found M Last I Vs,-touisAve. Hereh gKennertyAve. S Zrf" Highland Ave. Oelmar Blvd. -A J FOREST ;y-rs g PARK "13 I'-..- I v. j n :, "S . as '' t " m . 5 J 4 , f st; v Post-Dispatch graphic by Tony Lazorko question Michael Foote about the killing of the young girl. "Right now, though, we have nothing connecting him to the earlier decapitation case," Riley said. Police gave this account of the boy's killing: Alfred Foote and his younger brother "visited the home of their uncle and grandmother, Ophelia Foote, late Monday afternoon. That evening, the boys' father took the grandmother to a hospital after she became ill, possibly suffering a mild stroke. She was still in the hospital late Tuesday. Alfred Foote Sr. returned to his brother's house shortly after 4 a.m. Tuesday to pick up his sons. The 7-year-old was unharmed, police said, but young Alfred was missing. The uncle said the boy had run away. Suspecting that something had happened to his oldest son, Alfred Foote Sr. and his brother began quarreling. After a neighbor called police, Officer Paul Rea of the Union Boulevard District went to the house. He saw blood on Michael Foote's clothing and noted that Foote appeared to be drunk. Members of the Police Department's canine corps, juvenile division and Union Boulevard District conducted an intensive search of vacant buildings and lots in the area. Detectives Thomas Kranz, Theodore Ehrlich and Willie Thompson found the body in the stairwell of the vacant building on Kennerly. After a preliminary examination of the corpse, Dr. Michael Graham of the medical examiner's office said the boy's head had been severed after he was dead. The boy was killed as a result of several blows to head possibly with a heavy stick. A large butcher knife has been seized as evidence, police said. Homicide detectives say the boy was killed in the house on Highland possibly In the basement and his body and head were carried down the alley to the vacant house. Neighbors said the dilapidated frame house had been vacant for at least two years. Its windows and doors are boarded shut with red plywood; the once-white exterior walls are splotched and peeling, revealing dark wood underneath. The front lawn, overgrown with weeds, is strewn with trash crushed beer cans, broken glass and empty propane canisters. Small crowds of neighorhood residents gathered around the vacant house Tuesday morning as homicide detectives examined the scene. The body was taken away about 1 1 a.m. "If I have tears in my eyes, I just can't help it," said one onlooker, Ophelia Rodgers, 47. "I can't even think right. I knew that boy since he was a baby he was a nice little boy. Why would anybody do something like that?" Mrs. Rodgers, who lives nearby, said young Alfred had often visited his grandmother at her house on Highland. The front lawn of that house was strewn with roof shingles and wood Tuesday morning; neighbors said workmen were installing a new roof there. At the Mason Ridge School, 715 South Mason Road in Creve Coeur, Alfred was one of 33 students from St. Louis who were bused to the school. George Ramsey, principal of Mason Ridge, said Tuesday that Alfred had begun attending the school last year. Before that, the boy had gone to Eliot Elementary School, 4242 Grove Avenue in St. Louis. "Alfred had a very outgoing, pleasing personality he was a really likable young boy," Ramsey said. "I don't think there was a person here who was ever uncomfortable with Alfred. He was well-liked by his classmates and the staff." When Alfred failed to show up for classes Tuesday morning, school officials called his home to find out if he was ill. One of Alfred's aunts told Ramsey that the boy had been killed. Ramsey said he had called together the room mothers at the school to inform them of the killing. He also arranged for a psychologist to go to the school Tuesday afternoon to meet with the staff and a group of parents''
Thank you, i just expanded on the link originally posted by Mors_Et_Vita and a big welcome to Ws DetectiveDarkMuse!
