GUILTY MO - Valerie Butler, 25, Florissant, 11 Feb 2011

[hndinglove]

Actually, that's not necessarily true that this means overdose -- they could just be building a case against him (or others), and this charge is meant to get him in jail while they investigate...

ETA: Link where it states no cause of death yet...

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_aff191ea-4cea-11e0-b2f0-00127992bc8b.html

Interesting. Thanks for posting. Rare that LE would charge just abandonment of corpse...sounds like they're pretty certain no one "caused" her death intentionally, etc. I'll make sure to honor her memory on realworldgirls.org when it's finally up. So sad. Prayers to her loved ones.


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[Flmomof2]

so sad, it was likely a combination of alcohol and drugs. Not sure if oxycontin is popular there, in Fl its rampant right now with tons of people od'ing daily.Its so tragic.

 

[OkieGranny]

From February 2012:

http://patch.com/missouri/florissant/paul-tripp-sentenced-in-valerie-butler-case

St. Louis County Circuit Court Judge Steven Goldman sentenced Florissant resident Paul Tripp to two years in prison for abandoning Butler’s body early last year.