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

TROOP C HEADQUARTERS
891 Technology Drive
Weldon Spring, MO 63304

NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Cpl. Juston Wheetley
636-300-2800
C2021-005
June 23, 2021

EMPHASIS: Lincoln County Homicide Cold Case Reopened


Criminal investigators with the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control announce the reopening of a 1986 cold case involving the homicide of Reva L. Perkins. On June 11, 1986, Perkins, 26, was stabbed to death in her home on Chestnut Street in Hawk Point, Missouri. Perkins was the mother of two young children who were in the home at the time of her murder.

Criminal investigators are seeking information from anyone who may have knowledge about this case. Contact Corporal Jason A. Ashby, at 636-300-2800 or jason.ashby@mshp.dps.mo.gov.

For more news, follow the Missouri State Highway Patrol on Twitter @MSHPTrooperC.
(###)