St. Louis Major Case Squad Investigations

MCS Report #201

Classification: Homicide

Requesting Agency: Pine Lawn Police Department

Date of Activation: 12/26/1991

Commander and Department: Capt. Edward Kemp, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Dept

Deputy Report Officer and Department: Sgt. Jerry Burke, Florissant PD

Victim: Alice Jones

Suspect: Frederick P. Davis

The Pine Lawn Police Department requested the assistance of the Major Case Squad in investigating the death of Alice Jones (age 77). At approximately 5:35pm, police officers responded to a residence in the 6100 block of Wyma Avenue for a well-being check. There they located Alice Jones inside her residence. She had been stabbed and was pronounced dead on scene.

As a result of this investigation, Frederick Davis (age 23) was charged with Murder 1st Degree and Armed Criminal Action. He was arrested on a no-bond warrant.

"Squad Membership is Regarded Not Only as a Honor, but as an Opportunity. It is Police Work at its Purest."

- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sunday, March 7, 1982

MAJOR CASE SQUAD OF GREATER ST. LOUIS
1700 N Hwy 67
Florissant, Missouri 63031
(314) 831-7000
ST. LOUIS REGIONAL CRIMESTOPPERS
1-866-371-TIPS (8477)Visit Site
The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization supporting multi-agency homicide investigations across the St. Louis region.
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