ST. LOUIS COUNTY – St. Louis County police have reclassified a suspicious death to a suicide in south St. Louis County.
Emergency crews responded to the 8900 block of Kidder Avenue for a call for a fire around 1:20 p.m. Tuesday. Once on scene, they found a woman shot to death within same apartment as the fire.
On Wednesday, St. Louis County police identified the woman as 46-year-old Crystal Chrisp.
St. Louis County police sources told 5 On Your Side they believe this is the woman who wrote a letter to Stray Rescue asking them to find a home for her dog.
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The fire was contained to one unit, but damage caused three other families to be displaced.
An Affton firefighter was transported to a hospital with a sprain.
The St. Louis Regional Bomb and Arson Unit is investigating an apartment fire in south St. Louis County.
