MCS Report #189
Classification: Homicide
Requesting Agency: Fairview Heights Police Department
Date of Activation: 12/16/1990
Commander and Department: Lt. Charles Sharp, Cahokia PD
Deputy Report Officer and Department: Det. John Betten, Fairview Heights PD
Victim: Lynne Marie Thomas
Suspect: DeCarlos Morrow
The Fairview Heights Police Department requested the assistance of the Major Case Squad in investigating the death of Lynne Thomas (age 24). At approximately 8:59am, police officers responded to Everything’s A $1.00 store located inside the mall (234 St. Clair Square) for a well-being check of the store’s assistant manager, Lynne Thomas. There they located Lynne in a back office in the store. She had been strangled and was pronounced dead on scene.
As a result of this investigation, former employee DeCaralos Morrow (age 26) was charged with 1st Degree Murder in Lynne’s death.
