10/09/1993 - Report #229 - Victims: Robert K. Follansbee and Dorothy Lund Follansbee - Location: Ladue, MO
MCS Report #229
Classification: Homicide
Requesting Agency: Ladue Police Department
Date of Activation: 10/09/1993
Commander and Department: Maj. Thomas O’Connor, Maryland Heights PD
Deputy Report Officer and Department: Lt. William Baldwin, Ladue PD
Victims: Robert K. Follansbee and Dorothy Lund Follansbee
Suspect: Ronald Robinson
The Ladue Police Department requested the assistance of the Major Case Squad in investigating the deaths of Robert and Dorothy Follansbee. At approximately 10:19pm, police officers responded to a residence on Pointer Lane for a well-being check. Inside the residence they located the bodies of Robert Follansbee (age 87), who had been suffocated, and his wife, Dorothy Follansbee (age 82), who had died from blunt force trauma.
As a result of this investigation, Ronald Robinson (age 38) was charged with Murder 1st Degree (2 counts), Robbery 1st Degree (2 counts), and Armed Criminal Action (4 counts). He was arrested on a no-bond warrant.
