Two grisly looking bucks charged in White attorney’s slaughter
Prosecutors filed charges against two St. Louis men in the death of an Assistant St. Louis County Counselor.
Cleophus King, 40, and Ronald Johnson, 20 were charged with first-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action and robbery.
According to court documents, Luke Meiners, 38, was stabbed to death and strangled sometime between March 7 and March 8. His wallet and keys were taken.
Meiners was killed in King’s house in the 5700 block of Waterman in St. Louis, according to police.
On Wednesday, police said Meiners entered King’s house voluntarily before the robbery, but did not elaborate as to how he knew the two suspects.
Detectives found his body in a wooded-area in Venice, Illinois overnight Tuesday.
NewsChannel 5 was outside the residence in the 5700 block of Waterman Tuesday afternoon when police took a man into custody.
Police said the second suspect was arrested later Tuesday afternoon.
Meiners had worked as a lawyer in the County Government Building for the last seven years.
King does have a felony record. He pled guilty to second degree murder back in 1987.
There was another murder in that same house in 1993, but police said they don’t know of any relationship between King and the convicted murderer in that case.
