Arnold detectives are awaiting DNA results on the victim, who was burned beyond recognition.
Arnold detectives are investigating a body that was found inside a burnt-out vehicle on Hollywood Beach Road near the Meramec River. Police received a call about the incident from a person walking in the area around 1 p.m. Sunday, said Det. Robert Ruckman, of the Arnold Police Department. The victim was burned beyond recognition. "It will take at least a couple of weeks before we get the DNA results back from the medical examiner to make a positive ID," he said. Ruckman said he could provide no further details because the case is an ongoing investigation.
The victim has been identified as 34-year-old Heather Renee Beckley, of Pevely, according to Fox 2.
The victim has been identified as 34-year-old Heather Renee Beckley, of Pevely, according to Fox 2.
The 34-year-old woman found dead in Imperial on Sunday has been identified as Heather Renee Beckley, of Pevely, according to FOX 2. On Sunday, Capt. Mark Tulgetske with the Major Case Squad told Patch the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department received a call around 8:30 a.m. about a person who was possibly intoxicated laying in the woods near Butler Valley Drive. He said when deputies arrived, they determined the woman was dead. On Monday, Tulgetske told Patch the woman was from Jefferson County, but he said that police were awaiting preliminary autopsy results to make a positive identification. Major Case Squad investigators told Fox 2 late Monday that Beckley suffered severe head trauma, and that they are following multiple leads in the …
Kohly
12:20 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
thank you! we will get started on that and I for sure will continue to call on anything suspicious! more ›