Debra Gipson

Lakiesha Holyfield, 31, was charged with first-degree murder. Police say around 4:20 p.m. Sunday they found 58-year-old Debra Gipson dead in a bedroom of a home in the 10500 block of Earl Drive. Authorities have not said how she died. Police said witnesses told investigators they had found Holyfield in the apartment with Gipson's body. Holyfield told officers Gipson was "murdered by me," according to police. Gipson's husband also told police Holyfield texted her father on Saturday. "If I gotta fight (Gipson) is a plain homicide," she wrote in the text, police said.

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Died

June 4, 2023

Type

Unspecified

Age

58 years old

Gender

Female

Where

10500 block of Earl Drive,
Unincorporated (Castle Point),
St. Louis County