St. Louis Mass Murder: Charges Laid in Late August Robbery and Slaughter of Mother and Her Three Sons

 

Patricia Steward, 56, and her sons: Terrence Dehart, 10; Joseph Corley, 20; Deandre Kelley Jr., 18 (I hope I’ve got this right, but the news caption was hopelessly wrong, and I had to guess)
 

St. Louis County Police Department
Yesterday at 1:32 p.m.

“The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office issued charges on Ja’Vonne Dupree, 20 years of age, of the 5300 block of Arsenal Street, St. Louis, MO 63139, for four counts of Murder in the 1st Degree, four counts of Robbery in the 1st Degree, nine counts of Armed Criminal Action, one count of Burglary in the 1st Degree, one count of Stealing of a Motor Vehicle, and one count of Tampering With Physical Evidence in a Felony Prosecution. Dupree does not have a bond. A photo of Dupree is attached.

“The probable cause statement reads: The four victims were found deceased in a residence on Balmoral Drive. All four died from gunshot wounds. Defendant was identified as the person who unlawfully remained at the residence on Balmoral Drive, shot each of the victims, robbed the victims of electronics and clothing, picked up multiple shell casings, and fled the murder scene in the victim’s car with the stolen items.

“Detectives from the St. Louis County Police Department conducted the investigation and presented the case to the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s office where the above charges were issued.”
 

Re-posted by Nicholas Stix



St. Louis man charged with robbing, then murdering family
By “Javion Simmons”
December 17, 2017 at 5:39 p.m.
AP-WKRN

Nearly four months after four people -- including a 10-year-old boy -- were murdered in a St. Louis home, a suspect is under arrest charged with murder and other crimes, police said today.

Ja’Vonne Dupree, 20, was hit with four counts of first-degree murder, four counts of robbery, nine counts of armed criminal action, one count of burglary in the 1st degree, one count of stealing a motor vehicle, and one count of tampering with physical evidence in a felony prosecution, according to a probable cause statement released by the St. Louis County Police Department.

Dupree allegedly broke into a Glasgow Village home on Aug. 24 and stole electronics and clothing before killing Patricia Steward, 56, as well as her sons Joseph Corely, 20, and Terrence Dehart, 10; and Deandre Kelley Jr., 18.

The four all died at the scene from gunshot wounds, police said.

Police allege that in an attempt to cover his tracks, Dupree "picked up multiple shell casings" and then made his getaway by stealing Steward's car, according to the probable cause statement.

He was taken into custody Friday in Columbia, Missouri, and the case is now in the hands of the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, the police said.

ABC News' attempts to reach the prosecutors' spokeswoman were not immediately returned and it is unclear if Dupree retained an attorney.
 

Mass murder suspect Ja’Vonne Dupree, in an undated mug shot. His neck tattoo says "R.I.P. FOES." Traditionally, blacks used to speak of all whites as "foes," with the order scrambled, via Piglatin, as "ofays."