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Teresa Wilson

Case from West Alton, MO dated May 15, 2001

Victim Details

Teresa Wilson

Female

Black / African American

West Alton

MO

2001-05-15

36

Teresa

Wilson

06/27/2026

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In the spring of 2001, the body of 36-year-old Teresa Wilson was discovered by a road crew mowing grass alongside Highway 67 near West Alton, Missouri. Her death marked another tragic chapter in a series of brutal killings that had been terrorizing the St. Louis area. Teresa, an African American woman, had faced a difficult life, battling drug addiction which led her into the dangerous world of sex work on the city's streets. Friends and family remembered a loving mother who, despite her struggl ...
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