09/09/1993 - Report #228 - Victim: Shirley Ann Crook - Location: Jefferson County, MO
MCS Report #228
Classification: Homicide
Requesting Agency: Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department
Date of Activation: 09/09/1993
Commander and Department: Lt. Edward Robertson, Ferguson PD
Deputy Report Officer and Department: Det. Chris Nagel, Kirkwood PD
Victim: Shirley Ann Crook
Suspects: Christopher Lee Simmons and Charles Frederick Benjamin
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department requested the assistance of the Major Case Squad in investigating the death of Shirley Crook (age 46). At approximately 5:15pm, deputies responded to a residence in the 800 block of Pine Ridge Drive in Fenton for a report of a missing person.
That same day, Shirley’s body was found floating in the Meramec River in unincorporated West St. Louis County. She had been tied up and died from drowning.
As a result of this investigation, Christopher Simmons (age 17 - charged as an adult) and Charles Benjamin (age 15 - charged as an adult) were both charged with Murder 1st Degree, Burglary 1st Degree, Kidnapping, and Stealing. They were both arrested on no-bond warrants.
