Phelps County Sheriff’s Department investigating homicide
Lori Amos
Lamos@gannett.com
According to Phelps County Sheriff Michael Kirn, a 32-year-old Rolla man has been arrested in connection with a death of a 35-year-old St. James man.
According to Kirn, law enforcement officers responded to the 11000 block of Highway 72 for a report of a shooting at Stately Mansions Mobile Home Park Thursday night.
During the initial investigation, Kirn, in a news release said, officers found a white male lying on the driveway critically wounded from an apparent gunshot.
According to Kirn, the 35-year-old, identified as Michael Schmitt, of St. James, was transported to Phelps Health, where Coroner Ernie Coverdell pronounced him dead from a single gunshot wound.
Phelps County Sheriff investigating apparent murder-suicide
ABC17 News
PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ)
A couple is dead after an apparent murder suicide, according to the Phelps County Sheriff.
According to a Facebook post from the department, deputies were sent to the 11000 block of County Road 3160 around 7:30 Saturday Morning after a family friend found the 66-year-old woman dead in her home.
After investigating, it is believed 73-year-old husband killed her before taking his own life.
Sheriff Michael Kirn said in a statement, At this time, there is no evidence to suggest otherwise. There is no threat to the public. The investigation is ongoing, with autopsies expected next week.”
The Rolla Daily News
The Phelps County Sheriff’s Department said they ve arrested a man and a woman in connection with a homicide at the Economy Inn in St. James.
The Phelps County Sheriff’s Department, in a Facebook post Wednesday, said deputies were assisting the St. James Police Department with a homicide, where a man was killed at the Economy Inn in St. James Wednesday.
The sheriff’s department said during the investigation, police identified a 20-year-old male and a 29-year-old female as suspects, and the information was disseminated to law enforcement and the public through the Everbridge notification system.
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