MCS Report #115
Classification: Homicide
Requesting Agency: Fairview Heights Police Department
Date of Activation: 11/08/1984
Commander and Department: Capt. James Lay, St. Clair County Sheriff’s Dept
Deputy Report Officer and Department: Sgt. Richard Allan, Fairview Heights PD
Victim: Richard E. Stephenson
Suspect: Lloyd R. Perkins
The Fairview Heights Police Department requested the assistance of the Major Case Squad in investigating the death of Richard Stephenson (age 46). At approximately 8:23pm, police officers responded to a residence on Bountiful Drive for a report of a shooting. There they located Richard Stephenson on the floor of his garage suffering from a gunshot wound.
16 months later, Lloyd Perkins (age 19 at the time of the homicide) was charged with 1st Degree Murder in Richard’s death.
