Man charged with fatal stabbing in Penrose, covering body with leaves

ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis man is in custody for allegedly stabbing a woman to death over the weekend and attempting to hide her body under some leaves.

According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s probable cause statement, officers received a call for help shortly before 9:35 p.m. Sunday in the 4400 block of Marcus Avenue.

Officers arrived to find the body of a woman in a rear yard at the bottom of a stairwell. She’d been stabbed several times and was covered in leaves. The woman has not been identified…

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