ST. LOUIS — More than three years after a woman was found dead in her south St. Louis home, her husband has been charged with her murder.
According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, 34-year-old Karl Mayberry was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-degree murder in the deadly shooting of 31-year-old Alvatyne Thomas.
The probable cause statement said officers were conducting a welfare check at about 10 p.m. on Dec. 27, 2021, at Thomas’ home on Oregon Avenue when they found her fatally shot in the back. A plastic bag was taped around her head, and bleach had been poured over her body. Investigators found no signs of forced entry into the home, and Thomas had defensive wounds on her hand…