His female friend's St. He remembers being shot to death in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4)—Julia Johnson tells First Alert 4 that she met Michelle Hampton at work and they became instant best friends.

“She was an absolutely amazing mother, a great friend, a great daughter, a great sister. He strived for perfection and he didn’t deserve it,” Johnson says.

Johnson told First Alert 4 nothing could have prepared him for the phone call he received from Hampton’s sister Wednesday morning. He claims his sister informed him that Hampton was there. was kidnapped.

“I immediately went to the police station and tried to meet his sister,” Johnson said.

Hampton’s family posted on social media asking the public to help find him.

St. According to St. Louis Police Department Public Information Officer Mitch McCoy, “A female encountered a male suspect in the city of Clayton; “A family member witnessed the woman enter the vehicle with a gunman.”

In an update Thursday morning, St. St. Louis police said Hampton was abducted from Whitburn Drive in Clayton.

According to investigators, the woman was driving from Clayton to St. He had to go to Louis. A family member followed the car and the suspect shot at Euclid and Enright, but no one was injured. Around 11 a.m., police arrived on Greer Ave., where they found a woman shot to death.

St. St. Louis police announced they will work with Clayton police in this investigation.

Police have not identified the victim, but a friend and family member identified her as Michelle Hampton through social media posts.

Johnson said: “I think the police need to do more. “I think there was a window of opportunity between 7:00 and 11:00 in the morning that they missed.”

St. St. Louis police said the case remains active and ongoing.

“Tips are coming in every minute and detectives are working to get justice for the victim in the family. ” said McCoy.

Johnson said he has his own suspicions about who might have kidnapped and killed the mother.

“Probably someone who knew him and wanted to take advantage of him is my guess. I think this is targeted. “I don’t think it’s random,” Johnson says.

A. GoFundMe page It was created to support Hampton’s family.

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