O’FALLON, Ill. – 4/22/19 – A woman was burned to death inside her vehicle Monday morning near the O’Fallon Family Sports Park and police are looking for the victim’s husband.
According to Lieutenant Kerry Andrews, O’Fallon Police Department, the murder took place just before 7:25 a.m. Monday near the intersection of Obernuefemann Road and West Madison.
Sherry Billups
First responders were called to a vehicle fire and found bystanders attempting to save a woman who was on fire. The woman, identified as 35-year-old Sherry Billups, died at the scene.
Two members of Billups’ family said she had two teenage children.
Her cousin, Toya Bobo, was stunned to learn Billups had been murdered.
“I never thought this would be her because she didn’t live that kind of life,” Bobo said.
Billups’ family said she worked for the US Postal Service. Read more at Fox St. Louis
UPDATE: Police capture husband of O’Fallon postal employee who died after being lit on fire