News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Martin K. Elmore
(417) 469-3121, ext. 225
G-10084
October 17, 2008

EMPHASIS: Patrol Investigates Death Of Carter County Sheriff


On Thursday, October 16, 2008, at 8:16 p.m., Troop G Headquarters received a telephone call requesting assistance at the residence of Carter County Sheriff Gregory R. Melton in Grandin, Missouri. It was learned that Sheriff Melton’s body had been discovered in a workshop on his property. The sheriff appeared to have sustained a gunshot wound.
Troopers from the Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control responded to the scene and continue to investigate the sheriff’s death. An autopsy is to be conducted later today. More information will be forthcoming when available.

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