Mark Schlinkmann

5 days ago | stltoday.com | Mark Schlinkmann

ST. LOUIS COUNTY — Remains of the long-missing Missouri River "ice surfer" have been found along the river near Chesterfield, authorities said on Friday. The St. Louis County medical examiner's office confirmed the remains were that of Aaron Duenke, the Franklin County man who disappeared in December 2022 while riding chunks of ice down the river. The Missouri Highway Patrol, which announced the identification, said Duenke was found Sunday.

5 days ago | stltoday.com | Dana Rieck |Mark Schlinkmann

ST. LOUIS — The former McCluer North High football coach who officials say hijacked a small plane in Belize, stabbing two passengers and a pilot, had also worked as a teacher at Hazelwood Central High School and owned a house in Overland. Akinyela Taylor, who was shot and killed by one of the men he stabbed, worked at Hazelwood Central for two school years.

6 days ago | stltoday.com | Mark Schlinkmann

MEXICO CITY — A U.S. man hijacked a small plane in Belize on Thursday, stabbing two passengers and a pilot, before one of the stabbed passengers fatally shot him, officials in Belize and the United States said. The plane then landed safely. The man, Akinyela Taylor, formerly was an assistant football coach at McCluer North High School in St. Louis County, a spokeswoman for the Ferguson-Florissant School District confirmed Thursday night.

6 days ago | stltoday.com | Mark Schlinkmann

ST. LOUIS COUNTY — A 25-year-old man has died after he fell from his motorized skateboard Sunday on Grant's Trail in south St. Louis County. County police said the man, Beyden Javier Mendieta-Olive, who lived on Morganford Road in St. Louis, died Tuesday at a hospital of injuries from the accident. Police said the incident occurred late Sunday afternoon on the trail near Weber Road and Runyon Avenue. Police didn't give further details.

1 week ago | stltoday.com | Mark Schlinkmann

ST. LOUIS — Police were investigating the fatal shooting of a man found late Tuesday night inside a car which had crashed into two parked cars in the 5000 block of Vernon Avenue. Police said officers responding to a call for an accident with injuries found the vehicle and a man inside who had been shot in the back. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The incident took place shortly after 11:15 p.m. The site is in the Academy neighborhood in north St. Louis.