MCS Report #71
Classification: Homicide
Requesting Agency: Franklin County Sheriff’s Department
Date of Activation: 08/24/1979
Commander and Department: Lt. Col. Harry Slaten, Jennings PD
Deputy Report Officer and Department: Sgt. Lawrence Layton, St. Louis Metropolitan PD
Victim: Mary Luella Watters
Suspect: George Clifton Gilmore
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Department requested the assistance of the Major Case Squad in investigating the death of Mary Watters (age 83). At approximately 10:15am, deputies responded to a residence on Hwy N in Robertsville, MO after being called there by family members. There they located Mary Watters inside the residence. She had been shot and was pronounced dead on scene.
George Gilmore (age 33) was charged with Capital Murder in Watters’ death.
