Zechariah West was 17 when he was charged as an adult with second-degree murder, attempted robbery and armed criminal action in the death of Tayvion Whitby, 16, of St. Louis.
Mitch McCoy, a spokesman for the St. Louis Police Department, said the boy was reported missing at 2:30 a.m. Friday from the 4400 block of Forest Park Avenue.
A house explosion and fire that killed three people Sunday in the Metro East was due to "the mishandling of commercial-grade energetic material," the Madison County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday.
The annual Greater St. Louis Marathon is set for Saturday, and while thousands of runners will take to the streets, some motorists will be caught off guard.