Deaths, St. Louis | featured news

A 30-year-old woman suspected of abandoning her infant son last week in an apartment building in St. Louis was found dead in the trunk of her car, prompting the police chief in a nearby town to stand on a street corner soliciting reward money for the hunt for her killer.

The mayor of a decaying village near St. Louis known for its strip clubs and beset by financial troubles and embezzlements was gunned down early Thursday, and police say his killer is still out there.

Three women were shot to death in East St. Louis as they sat in a car with two children.