Woman Pushed Off Hotel Balcony + Teen Runs Into Burning Home

Morning, people of St. Louis! It's me again, Helen Eckhard, your host of the St. Louis Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy throughout the day. High: 85 Low: 67.

Here are the top stories today in St. Louis:

1. St. Louis Police are searching for an Illinois man accused of pushing his girlfriend off a St. Louis hotel balcony. The girlfriend was found lying naked in an alley near the 1500 block of South Teresa after being pushed off the seventh floor of a Holiday Inn and falling to the ground. After the fall, she was allegedly thrown into a car by the suspect and dumped in the alley less than two miles away. The suspect has been identified as 29-year-old Cameron Creamer of Danville, Illinois, who is charged with kidnapping and domestic assault. (KMOV.com)
2. A south St. Louis family was able to safely get out of their home as a fire spread early Wednesday morning. Even after they escaped, one of the teenage daughters ran back inside to get something they couldn't leave behind: her eight-year-old brother's ashes. Fire crews were called at about 1:30 a.m. to the 4700 block of Minnesota Avenue and described as "fully involved" by the flames. The crews are currently investigating the cause of the fire. (KSDK.com)
3. A St. Louis man's scheme to illegally obtain oxycodone pills has netted him more than seven years in prison. (KTVI Fox 2 St. Louis)
4. As emergency rooms fill, the St. Louis County Department of Public Health issued a face coverings order effective Monday. (St. Louis American)
5. A Lego-inspired pop-up bar is coming to St. Louis this October. (KMOV.com)

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— Helen Eckhard

About me: Helen Eckhard is a marketing assistant at Lightning Media Partners. She is a self-professed logophile who is currently pursuing her master’s degree in library science. Outside of work, you can find Helen constructing crossword puzzles, knitting, or devising increasingly crafty ways to kill off characters in her mystery novels.