Woman identified in suspicious death investigation in St. Louis County
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A suspicious death in St. Louis County has prompted an investigation by police.
Police responded just before 3 p.m. to the 300 block of South Old Highway 141 in Fenton and located a deceased woman and a disabled vehicle just off the roadway in a wooded area.
Police said the crash did not appear to have happened recently.
The woman has been identified as Nicole Jung, 45, of the 4300 block of Tholozan Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri.
“We had just moved in here five days before she went missing, so... We don’t even have any pictures on the walls or anything,” said Jason Jung, Nicole’s husband.
On their way to starting a new life, moving to St. Louis for a new beginning.
Jung says his wife went missing on February 28; She was supposed to pick him up from work that evening.
“(At) three o’clock she texted me and said, ‘Think about what you want for dinner,’ and then at six o’clock she said running late, traffic’s horrible. That was the last message we got from her,” said Jung.
Jason Jung says he waited two hours for her to come, reached out to everyone she knew, and still couldn’t get in ; that’s when he filed a missing persons report.
“I’ve never gone three days without talking to her,” said Jung.
20 days later, her body was found.
“She was literally one mile from my office,” said Jung.
Jung is raising money for his family, that link can be found here.
The investigation is ongoing. If you have any information the St. Louis County Department at 636-529-8210.
First Alert 4 will update this story as new information becomes available.
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