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Family Shows Strong Emotion After Announcement Of Murder Charges, Now Hope For Justice

2 years 9 months ago
PONTOON BEACH - The emotion of family members 10 years after murder charges were issued Thursday afternoon showed the impact of their long wait for justice. Because of the tools of DNA tests today in crime-solving and excellent police work, justice now should be able to be served in a decade-old cold case. At a press event on Thursday afternoon at the Pontoon Beach Police Station, charges were announced against a man - Roger Sutton Jr. - for the murder of Patrenia Butler-Turner in 2013. Butler-Turner was a mother of three children and grandmother now to four. She was only 40 years old at the time of her death. Sutton also was given a charge of one count of concealment of a homicidal death. A nephew - Nathan J. Beyer of Alton - was also charged in the case with one count of concealment of a homicidal death. Members of the Pontoon Beach Department received a tip about the skeletal remains of a person being hidden in a wooded area of the community in December 2022 and after investigation,

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Manufacturers accuse St. Louis bank of 'end run' around bankruptcy case

2 years 9 months ago
Attorneys representing Smartpac and Veripac argued that by continuing to pursue the state court action through serving discovery requests, Saint Louis Bank violated the automatic stay under federal law that kicks in when a bankruptcy petition is filed. Attorneys representing the bank rejected the charge, saying it has complied fully with federal bankruptcy law.
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Woman Found Deceased in Open Area on SRA Bradley R. Smith Drive in Troy

2 years 9 months ago
TROY - Troy Police Chief Brent Shownes has announced that Kathleen Kinkel, 77, of Troy, was found deceased in the early morning hours of Tuesday, January 31, 2023. Chief Shownes said the following: “At 8:19 a.m. on January 31, 2023, Troy Police Department responded to an open area south of the 1900 block of SRA Bradley R. Smith Drive in reference to a female laying on the ground not moving. It was determined that the victim was deceased. She was identified as Kathleen Kinkel, a longtime resident of Troy.” The chief said the case is still under investigation by the Troy Police Department and the Madison County Coroner’s Office. “An autopsy has been conducted by the Madison County Coroner’s Office,” he said. “The final case of death will be issued pending further toxicological and microscopic testing by the Madison County Coroner’s Office.”

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