MCS Report #432
Classification: Suicide
Requesting Agency: Festus Police Department
Date of Activation: 10/28/2008
Commander and Department: Capt. Mark Tulgetske, Herculaneum PD
Victim: Undisclosed
The Festus Police Department requested the assistance of the Major Case Squad in investigating the death of a 44 year-old male. At approximately 3:00am, police officers responded to an area in downtown Festus for a report of a vehicle on fire. After the fire department extinguished the fire, officers located the badly burnt body of the man. After a thorough investigation, it was determined the man had committed suicide by setting fire to the vehicle while he was inside it.
