MCS Report #467
Classification: Homicide
Requesting Agency: Creve Coeur Police Department
Date of Activation: 08/03/2010
Commander and Department: Capt. Scott Will, Maryland Heights PD
Deputy Report Officer and Department: Det. Sgt. Brian Hilke, O’Fallon, MO PD
Victim: Mary Elizabeth Colletta
Suspect: Christopher Paul Colletta
The Creve Coeur Police Department requested the assistance of the Major Case Squad in investigating the death of Mary Colletta. At approximately 5:00pm, police officers responded to St. John's Mercy Medical Center in Creve Coeur where they found Mary Colletta (age 30) dead on the ground next to her car. She had been stabbed to death.
As a result of this investigation, Mary’s estranged husband, Christopher Colletta (age 38), was charged with Murder 1st Degree and Armed Criminal Action in her death. He was arrested on a no-bond warrant.
