MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Troop I Headquarters, P.O. Box 128, Rolla, Mo 65402


News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Dan Crain
573-368-2345
July 15, 2013
I07A13

EMPHASIS: Homicide Investigation In Pulaski County


At approximately 6:45 a.m., July 15, 2013, St. Robert Police Department responded to a 9-1-1 call at the Alpine Haus Motel on Old Rt. 66 in St. Robert. Upon arrival, officers located a deceased white female victim in one of the motel rooms. The victim, who had been fatally shot, was later identified as Laila D. Carpenter, 33, St. Robert, MO.
The investigation is ongoing by the Troop I unit of the Patrol's Division of Drug and Crime Control, the St. Robert and Rolla police departments, along with the Pulaski County and Phelps County sheriff's departments. (###)