The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department now uses the forensic lab operated by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, which is overwhelmed, said Sheriff Dave Marshak.
Murder charges filed in Jefferson and St. Francois counties against Ashley Parmeley following the death of her children were consolidated in Jefferson County on June 7.
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The mother of the 9-year-old girl and a 2-year-old son showed up at Festus police headquarters Tuesday and told authorities she d shot and killed her daughter and drowned her son.