10/04/1990 - Report #186 - Victim: George Edwards Sammons Jr - Location: Overland, MO
MCS Report #186
Classification: Homicide
Requesting Agency: Overland Police Department
Date of Activation: 10/04/1990
Commander and Department: Capt. Daniel Chapman, Dellwood PD
Deputy Report Officer and Department: Det. Cpl. Mike O’Brien, Overland PD
Victim: George Edward Sammons Jr
Suspect: Matthew Vernon Funke
The Overland Police Department requested the assistance of the Major Case Squad in investigating the death of George Sammons Jr (age 30). At approximately 6:27pm, police officers responded to a ditch in the 2700 block of Woodson Road for a report of a man down after a body had been located in the ditch. There officers located George Sammons Jr in the ditch. He had blunt force trauma to his head and was pronounced dead on scene.
As a result of this investigation, Matthew Funke (age 26) was charged with Murder 1st Degree and Armed Criminal Action. He was arrested on a no-bond warrant.
