MCS Report #346
Classification: Accidental Death
Requesting Agency: Franklin County Sheriff’s Department
Date of Activation: 05/06/2001
Commander and Department: Capt. Patrick McCarrick, St. Charles PD
Deputy Report Officer and Department: Det. Joseph Eagan, Maryland Heights PD
Victim: Claude Norman ‘Tuck’ Strausser
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Department requested the assistance of the Major Case Squad in investigating the death of Norman Strausser. Deputies responded to a residence in the 10400 block of Hwy 185 in unincorporated Franklin County for a report of a missing person. During a search of the property surrounding the residence, deputies located the body of Norman Strausser (age 75) in some water at the bottom of a cistern. An autopsy showed Norman had died from drowning.
After a thorough investigation, there was nothing to indicate foul play. It is believed Norman accidentally slipped or fell into the cistern and drowned.
