Illinois man charged in connection with fatal crash in Byrnes Mill last fall

George Walter Schmidt, 64, of Dupo, Ill., has been charged with felony leaving the scene of a fatal car crash last fall in Byrnes Mill, court documents show.

The Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office requested his bond be set at $10,000. He entered a plea of not guilty on May 18.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a pedestrian identified as Alyssa Kalbach, 30, of High Ridge was struck by a westbound vehicle on the morning of Nov. 16, 2025, on westbound Hwy. 30, west of Byrnes Mill Road. Kalbach was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:11 a.m…

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