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Abducted woman was dead before standoff

by | Sep 26, 2024 | Area News, Latest

A Princeton mother believed abducted to the St. Louis area was dead before her former boyfriend was killed in a shootout with state troopers, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.

The medical examiner had not released an official cause or time of death for 30-year-old Delisha Evans, but her mother, Renetta Graves, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that she had been badly beaten.

Evans, known as DeDe, was cremated in St. Louis and buried Tuesday, Sept. 17, her mother said.

For more on this story see the September 26, 2024 print, or digital edition of The Princeton Herald. Subscribe today and support local journalism in your community.

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