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On the morning of November 19, 2016, first responders in St. Louis, Missouri, were called to the 500 block of West Poepping Street to extinguish a vehicle fire. Inside the burning work van, authorities discovered the lifeless body of a 52-year-old male, later identified as Joseph L. Hults. A dedicated locksmith who had worked in the trade for nearly four decades, Hults was found to have suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head before the vehicle was set ablaze, leading the medical examiner to ...Read More
Victim Details

Joseph Hults

Male

White / Caucasian

Saint-louis

MO

2016-11-19

52

Joseph

Hults

01/18/2026