Aaron Michael Armantrout was 36 and living in Bonne Terre, Missouri, when he was killed on December 14, 2018. Reports say the killing followed a verbal argument after he returned from work; his estranged wife, Susan J. Armantrout, shot him. Family members had earlier reported she had been making death threats against Aaron for months, and law enforcement had encouraged him to file a formal complaint, which he did not do.

After the shooting, Susan Armantrout is reported to have cleaned the scene and placed Aaron’s body in the trunk of his BMW. The car was driven to a storage unit in Potosi, Missouri, where the body was left. The couple’s home reportedly smelled strongly of bleach and other cleaning chemicals. When Aaron failed to meet his sister and could not be located, his family reported him missing; investigators later found his body at the storage unit.

Susan Armantrout was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, and abandonment of a corpse; she confessed to the plot and the cover-up. In April 2020 she pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and received life without parole as part of a plea agreement that dropped the other charges. Her son, Anthony L. Skaggs, pleaded guilty to tampering with physical evidence and received credit for time served, and another person was arrested in connection with abandoning the body. Does anyone have additional information about Aaron’s last days or the storage facility in Potosi?