On the morning of May 22, 2016, a tragic series of events unfolded in the North St. Louis neighborhood of the 4400 block of Elmbank Avenue, claiming the lives of three individuals in what investigators would later describe as a brutal triple homicide. Marquita Jones-Smith, a 31-year-old Black female, was found deceased alongside her partner, 56-year-old Melvin Thomas, and their infant daughter, Madison, who was just six months old. The discovery was made after emergency responders were called to
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