ST. LOUIS – Riyen Jones is seeking support after her fiancé, William Palmer, was killed Feb. 1, 2026, after she said he stopped to help a woman who asked for a ride to a warming shelter.
Palmer, a Troy, Mo., man, was found shot early Sunday and was pronounced dead at the scene, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said. Brittany Rivoire, 36, is accused of fatally shooting Palmer and then stealing and abandoning his truck after he stopped to offer her a ride.
“My fiancé William Palmer was murdered on February 1st,” Jones said. “He was trying to help somebody, and in the process, the girl tried stealing his truck and shot him,” Jones wrote on a GoFundMe page titled “Support for William Palmer’s Family After Tragedy.”…