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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June 4, 2023
Type
Unspecified
Age
58 years old
Gender
Female
Where
10500 block of Earl Drive,
Unincorporated (Castle Point),
St. Louis County