Homicide detectives in St. Louis, Missouri, hope to give a family answers following a devastating crime on the city’s north side. Firefighters responded to a call in the 5700 block of Floy Avenue just after midnight on December 21, 2025. When they put out the blaze, they discovered 45-year-old LaTasha Brown and her 9-year-old daughter, Paige Buckner, with gunshot wounds inside the home. Emergency responders took the mother and daughter to area hospitals, but sadly, both died.
Mitch McCoy, director of public affairs and information for the St. Louis Police Department, addressed the media on December 21. At the time, the mother and daughter were in “critical condition,” but homicide detectives preemptively began to investigate what happened at the home.
“We ask that St. Louisans come together and pray for them right now. They are hanging on,” McCoy said. Within hours of the news conference, both succumbed because of their injuries…