Found Deceased MO - Lilly Teixeira 24, last seen @ Rosati Center, decomposed wrapped in linen, St Louis, 2 Apr 2022

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ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) - Police identified a woman’s body found wrapped in bedding and left in the backyard of a St. Louis home in the College Hills neighborhood. The St. Louis Police Department identified the woman as, 24-year-old Lilly Teixeira.

The woman’s mother, Jeri Teixeira, said she’s heartbroken over her daughter’s death. She described Lilly as being a loving, kind person, who had a huge smile and would do anything for anyone, Teixeira is also questioning the official timeline surrounding her daughter’s death.

Read: Woman found dead wrapped in linen identified

Lilly Teixeira was staying at rosary Center in the 4200 block of North Grand, to receive mental health treatment. The center reported her missing on April 2 and police discovered her body on April 5. But, the mother believes her daughter died days before she was reported missing.

A spokesperson for the St. Louis Medical Examiner’s office said the body was found in a state of decomposition. She also said it required a forensic pathologist to identify the body, using x-rays from a local hospital. The spokesperson said the cause of death won’t be determined until the results from lab tests are received.

Jeri Teixeira also said she was upset that she didn’t receive notification of her daughter’s death until several days after she was identified.

Homicide detectives are investigating.
Family questions timeline of missing woman found dead in linens
 
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Credit: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Lilly Teixeira was reported missing in January. Police released this photo, asking the public to help locate her. She was found dead months later.
Woman whose body was wrapped in linens identified | ksdk.com

Lilly Teixeira Death: Missing woman found deceased in St. Louis
 
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1400 block of Obear:

Google Maps

Very close to I-70.

What is going on here???

jmho ymmv lrr
 
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Linen, like what a hospital would use :eek:
 
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Previous reports:
St. Louis police need help finding a 24-year-old woman who went missing Jan. 3.

Lilly Teixeira was last seen Monday around 5:30 p.m. at the Rosati Center located at 4218 N. Grand. She is without her medication and there are concerns on her whereabouts, according to police.

Teixeira is 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighs 155 lbs, has brown eyes, and has a buzz-cut hairstyle. She was wearing blue jeans and an unknown color sweatshirt.
St. Louis police seek public's help in finding 24-year-old woman

Woman's body found wrapped in linens in St. Louis alley | ksdk.com

A body found wrapped in linens Tuesday in north St. Louis was that of an unidentified female, and police said they don't know her race or approximate age.

They do, however, think she was an adult, said police spokeswoman Evita Caldwell.

The discovery was made about 4:50 p.m. Tuesday in a rear yard in the 1400 block of East Obear Avenue, in the city's College Hill neighborhood. The body was wrapped in linens and bedding.

Homicide detectives are handling the case, which is being labeled for now a suspicious sudden death. An autopsy is pending.
Body found wrapped in linens in back yard in north St. Louis


ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - Police have identified the woman who was found wrapped in bedding linens and left in a St. Louis City yard Tuesday afternoon.

Officers with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department found the woman’s body wrapped and left in the back of a yard in the 1400 block of East Obear just before 5 p.m. in the College Hill neighborhood. She was later identified as 24-year-old Lilly Teixeira

The homicide division of the police department will be taking over the investigation due to its suspicious nature.

It’s still unclear how the woman died.
Woman found dead wrapped in linen identified
 
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Linen, like what a hospital would use :eek:
I hopefully assume all staff (and…patients) at the hospital are being interviewed. Interrogated?…

Rosati House is part of the comprehensive and innovative “Housing First” approach to ending chronic homelessness. St. Patrick Center, along with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, has created a model that is designed to end chronic homelessness for its participants and serve as a model for other communities. The Rosati House development consists of 26 units of affordable housing financed with Low Income Housing Tax Credits. In addition, there is a significant amount of space for providing a comprehensive array of social services to the residents.
Rosati House - St. Louis Equity Fund, Inc.

Main address
800 North Tucker Saint Louis Mo 63101-1008
Rosati Center - GuideStar Profile

St. Patrick Center Rosati Group Home
4220 North Grand Boulevard
Saint Louis, MO 63107
(314) 534-6624
www.stpatrickcenter.org
 
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found 1/2 mile from where she lived. Waiting for results. She could have 'wrapped' herself in a blanket for the walk. Police will know how she was wrapped. That she's gone missing before... We'll see, not sure this is foul play Wonder if there are cameras along her presumed path
 
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APR 16, 2022
Family questions timeline of missing woman found dead - KRDO
[...]

Lilly Teixeira was staying at Rosati Center in the 4200 block of North Grand, to receive mental health treatment. The center reported her missing on April 2 and police discovered her body on April 5. But, the mother believes her daughter died days before she was reported missing.

A spokesperson for the St. Louis Medical Examiner’s office said the body was found in a state of decomposition. She also said it required a forensic pathologist to identify the body, using x-rays from a local hospital. The spokesperson said the cause of death won’t be determined until the results from lab tests are received.

Jeri Teixeira also said she was upset that she didn’t receive notification of her daughter’s death until several days after she was identified.

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So this is a homeless shelter that happens to provide other services (not responsible for her comings and goings) as opposed to an inpatient mental health facility. IF she wandered off, this is not the responsibility of the shelter. IF she went for a walk and something happened to her, that is on the perpetrator. It seems people are quick to point fingers toward a (likely underfunded) homeless shelter that went above in reporting her missing. I wonder what prompted that?
 
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So this is a homeless shelter that happens to provide other services (not responsible for her comings and goings) as opposed to an inpatient mental health facility. IF she wandered off, this is not the responsibility of the shelter. IF she went for a walk and something happened to her, that is on the perpetrator. It seems people are quick to point fingers toward a (likely underfunded) homeless shelter that went above in reporting her missing. I wonder what prompted that?

Per their website, a residential program is a service offered, those clients may be free to come & go, others under direction of a legal guardian so essentially committed.

jmho ymmv lrr
 
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Why is the family telling the media she was only reported missing April 2 when there are media appeals for information on her whereabouts on January 6? Was she located and then went missing again like people from that center in Toronto?
 
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So this is a homeless shelter that happens to provide other services (not responsible for her comings and goings) as opposed to an inpatient mental health facility. IF she wandered off, this is not the responsibility of the shelter. IF she went for a walk and something happened to her, that is on the perpetrator. It seems people are quick to point fingers toward a (likely underfunded) homeless shelter that went above in reporting her missing. I wonder what prompted that?
I apologize for my previous post. I created my post in a biased mindset. This was wrong. I’ve just been released from an inpatient facility. I got Covid and was hospitalized. Once testing negative, I was then transferred to a psych ward. My unpleasant experience tainted my words and thoughts. I’m sorry. I do hope we receive additional facts. Pam
 
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I apologize for my previous post. I created my post in a biased mindset. This was wrong. I’ve just been released from an inpatient facility. I got Covid and was hospitalized. Once testing negative, I was then transferred to a psych ward. My unpleasant experience tainted my words and thoughts. I’m sorry. I do hope we receive additional facts. Pam

I am so sorry you have gone through that! You are such a special person here and I hope you gain peace and perfect healing!
 
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I am so sorry you have gone through that! You are such a special person here and I hope you gain peace and perfect healing!
Thank you. I appreciate you so…Happy Easter. ❤️
 
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I apologize for my previous post. I created my post in a biased mindset. This was wrong. I’ve just been released from an inpatient facility. I got Covid and was hospitalized. Once testing negative, I was then transferred to a psych ward. My unpleasant experience tainted my words and thoughts. I’m sorry. I do hope we receive additional facts. Pam
I didn't mean you specifically. Kind of the tone of the thread if that makes sense. People in helping industries are generally overworked and underpaid (or volunteers) . My post may have been mistaken, it seems they run both, but IDK where she was at. Unless she was (IDK what it's called elsewhere) committed or Baker Acted, she STILL could go as she wanted, but maybe not allowed back?
 
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I didn't mean you specifically. Kind of the tone of the thread if that makes sense. People in helping industries are generally overworked and underpaid (or volunteers) . My post may have been mistaken, it seems they run both, but IDK where she was at. Unless she was (IDK what it's called elsewhere) committed or Baker Acted, she STILL could go as she wanted, but maybe not allowed back?
I get it. I really do. Timing is everything. I know this so…
I wouldn’t have probably placed the word ‘inpatient’ if not for… anyways, there are wonderful mental health workers out there and in here too… if not for them and people like you, no doubt: I wouldn’t be alive this Sunday morning…

States have different slang names for the Baker Act. We call it a 51/50 here in OK. It’s actually an EOD - Emergency Order of Detention. I was an ED because I checked myself in. The Order requires a Judge’s or a psychiatrist’s blessing.

eta: Homeless situations are another trigger for me. I probably should have avoided launching this thread. My youngest sibling was homeless by choice. My brother went missing one summer. My sister and I found him after three months searching but not before the coyotes found him first.
 
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Hope this is not too off topic, but…
@imstilla.grandma and @LeBlack - your exchange today is one of the reasons I enjoy WS so much.

You had a different view / different reading of a posting on a sensitive topic like mental health. And instead of the typical online negativity, you both showed empathy, respect, and an openness to shift POV. Wowza. On a crime forum!

(Hope everyone is having a healthy and happy Sunday, Easter, Passover, etc)
 

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