Monday, March 25, 2013
Michael Lee Rone, 43, is charged with first-degree murder in the killing of his wife, Stacy Rone last year.
A jury trial has been set for an O’Fallon man accused of murdering his wife last year. Michael Lee Rone, 43, of O’Fallon, is scheduled to face trial for first-degree murder at 1:30 p.m. July 16 in St. Charles County Circuit Court. O’Fallon Police said Stacy Rone’s relatives found her at the couple’s home in the 1100 block of St. Matthew Avenue, and a medical examiner determined the cause of death was strangulation. O’Fallon Police said investigators determined Michael Rone was the last person to be with Stacy before her body was found. According to a court document, police interviewed Michael Rone and he said the two argued and he strangled Stacy. Rone is being held in St. Charles County jail. Bail was set at $1 million, cash only. For …
Monday, February 18, 2013
Terry Culberson is accused of murdering Dorothy Hall in early February.
Terry Culberson, the O'Fallon man on the run after being accused of murdering a women in early February, was found in Oklahoma and is now in police custody. Police say Culberson fired several gunshots to the head of Dorothy Hall, 55, of Hayti, MO, in early February. According to KFVS, Culberson was caught by U.S. Marshalls in Love County, OK, on Friday around midnight without a struggle. Love County is about 100 miles north of Dallas, TX. O’Fallon Police detectives discovered Hall’s body in Culberson’s home on Feb. 6, and police said Culberson was the only person inside the home before her death. She had been shot several times. A witness also reported seeing Culberson leave the house in his vehicle. More on Terry Culberson:
Friday, February 8, 2013
Prosecutors have charged the man with first-degree murder. O'Fallon Police said Terry Culberson threatened the woman and her family the day before the shooting.
Police still are searching for a man charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in Tuesday’s shooting death of Dorothy Hall, 55. Terry Culberson, 63, of the first block of Downing Street in O’Fallon, was charged by St. Charles County Prosecutor’s Office with the crimes Wednesday. O’Fallon Police detectives discovered Hall’s body in Culberson’s home, and police said Culberson was the only person inside the home before her death. She had been shot several times A witness also reported seeing Culberson leave the house in his vehicle. O’Fallon Police reported in a court that Culberson made threats the previous day to harm Hall and her family. Bail has been set at $500,000 for Culberson. For more crime information on O'Fallon …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Terry Culberson, 63, has been charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Terry Culberson, 63, has been charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.
Charges have been filed in the murder of an O'Fallon woman Tuesday night. READ MORE: O'Fallon Police Investigating Dead Body Found in Residence Warrants have been issued for the arrest of Terry Culberson, 63, of O'Fallon, who has been charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of Dorothy Hall, 55. According to a press release issued by the St. Charles Prosecuting Attorney's office, O'Fallon law enforcement officers found Hall with multiple gunshot wounds to the head. O'Fallon Police, who are searching for Culberson with the help of several other jurisdictions, issued a press release this afternoon stating that Culberson is not in custody and should be considered armed. He is thought to be driving a 2008 red …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Christopher Vaughn got separate life sentences for the murders his wife and three children.
Right before a Will County judge dropped four life sentences on Christopher Vaughn, his grief-stricken mother-in-law wondered aloud why he couldn't have abandoned his wife and three children instead of killing them all. "What a coward," said Susan Phillips, the mother of Vaughn's slain wife, Kimberly Vaughn. "If you do not want your family, divorce is always the first option, or even just walking away," Phillips said from the witness stand during Christopher Vaughn's sentencing hearing Tuesday morning. Christopher Vaughn, 38, wanted to shed his family so he could start a new life in the Yukon wilderness with an unwitting stripper. In June 2007, Vaughn, a former St. Peters resident and graduate of Francis Howell High School, packed his 34-…
Friday, October 5, 2012
Deonta Williamson ended a high-speed chase that began in O'Fallon by ramming a Carutherville police car with a stolen Cadillac Escalade, which killed a police officer.
An O'Fallon man, accused of killing a southeast Missouri police officer, will stand trial in St. Charles, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. According to KSDK, Deonta Williamson, 30, was fleeing police in August 2011 when he slammed a stolen Cadillac Escalade from his parents O'Fallon home into two patrol cars positioned to stop him. Carutherville Officer Evan Burns wasn't able to get out of the patrol car and was killed in the accident. Williamson was granted a move to St. Charles County after a Tuesday hearing before Judge Fred Copeland in Pemiscot County. The family of Williamson said he suffers from mental illness, according to KFVS. But Williamson’s mental exam, KZIM reports, showed competency and his next court date in St. Charles…
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Check out the round-up of stories related to crime in the O'Fallon area during the month of July.
In case you missed them, these are the crime stories published in July 2012. Stealing/Robbery Teen Couple Charged with Stealing Her Stepfather's Pickup Teen Charged with Burglarizing Home, Stealing Items Worth $3,330 Drugs Special Delivery: Drug Task Force Delivers Package, Arrests Recipient Tip Leads to Three Arrests, Meth Charges in O'Fallon Assault Man Charged with Assaulting His 77-Year-Old Grandmother Man Accused of Punching, Choking, Pulling Girlfriend by Hair Child Molestation Police: O'Fallon Man Charged With Burglary, Attempted Child Molestation Murder/Suicide UPDATE: Police Close Former Fort Zumwalt Student, Mother Case As Murder-Suicide Crime Blotter Police: O'Fallon Man Arrested For Attempt to Steal Car Battery Police: AC …
Monday, July 23, 2012
Amy Burton Freeman killed daughter, then herself on May 7; bodies found by husband in kitchen.
After an 11-week investigation, the Pleasanton California Police Department announced Friday that the two deaths May 7 on Stacey Court were a murder-suicide. Pleasanton, CA wife and mother Amy Freeman Burton, 37, shot and killed her daughter Ainsley Freeman, 13, and then shot and killed herself, police said. Patch previously reported, the mother and daughter moved from O'Fallon, MO, to California in December, because Christopher Burton, 28, Amy's husband and Ainsley's stepdad, had been relocated there for work. Ainsley previously attended the Parkway School District's Claymont Elementary School in Ballwin and then the Fort Zumwalt South Middle School in St. Peters. Autopsy results on Ainsley, an eighth-grader at Hart Middle School at the …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
A former Fort Zumwalt student and her mother were shot to death in California. Police don't have a motive, but don't believe a killer is on the loose.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Amy Freeman Burton, 37, and her 13-year-old daughter Ainsley Freeman, a former Fort Zumwalt student, were found shot to death in their San Francisco area home Monday. According to the Danville, CA Patch, Burton's husband, Christopher Burton, reportedly found the victims and called police. Investigators said Burton is not a suspect, but he is a "person of interest" as they try to determine if this is a double murder or a murder-suicide. Today, Patch is reporting there have been no arrests, nor is there a clear motive, but police have said they do not believe a killer is on the loose. According to the Pleasanton, CA Patch, Christopher said he and his wife contacted the police and the FBI in February …
Michael Hater
1:54 pm on Sunday, May 5, 2013
What kind of trial do you need when he admitted to killing her? The family has already been through enough. Hope the guy suffers a long slow painful death in prison years from now. more ›