Ex-boyfriend charged in shooting deaths of St. Louis woman and her two young daughters
St. Louis, Missouri (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) After killing a woman and her two young daughters in their Dutchtown home, the woman’s former boyfriend bought a bus ticket to flee east, police said in court records Friday.
Ronald S. Marr, 34, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and armed criminal action. He was captured 100 miles from St. Louis, in Effingham, Illinois.
St. Louis police said the three victims 30-year-old Kanisha Hemphill, 8-year-old Journee, and 1-year-old Jakari were each shot multiple times at 4124 South Grand Boulevard. Officers responding to a call for shots fired went into the home about 7 a.m. Thursday and found the three dead.
By Kim Bell and Joel Currier
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Ronald S. Marr, charged with murdering three people in St. Louis, was held Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, in the Effingham County Jail in Illinois. (Courtesy of Effingham County, via St. Louis police)
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at 6:30 p.m. Friday with comments from memorial held outside home where shooting occurred.
ST. LOUIS â After killing a woman and her two young daughters in their Dutchtown home, the womanâs former boyfriend bought a bus ticket to flee east, police said in court records Friday.
Ronald S. Marr, 34, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and armed criminal action. He was captured 100 miles from St. Louis, in Effingham, Illinois.