Teens Plotted With Florissant Woman To Rob Man In U. City

UNIVERSITY CITY, MO — Two St. Louis teenagers and a 25-year-old Florissant woman have been charged with murder after prosecutors say a 16-year-old accomplice died in a plot to rob the woman's husband, the Post-Dispatch reports.

The three were arrested Sunday afternoon by University City police.

Gregory Bell and Davion Rainey, both 18 years old, along with Bell's younger brother, confronted Jasmine Kimbrough's husband in the backyard of his University City home, but according to police, the man was armed and fatally shot the youngest of the teens. Kimbrough and her husband were reportedly estranged.

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Police say Bell, Rainey and Kimbrough confessed to second-degree murder for the death of Bell's brother as well as assault and weapons charges. The three were arraigned on Tuesday and are being held on $250,000, cash-only bonds. A criminal hearing is scheduled for November 14.

As in every case, charges are merely accusations, not proof of guilt.

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