Image Gallery

Ellen Booker as a high school senior in St. Louis. (Roosevelt High School yearbook)

Ellen Boehm, the day she was arrested for the murders. (St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department)

Ellen Boehm, under arrest. (St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department)

Ellen moved to this apartment building on South Broadway in St. Louis after her husband left and she lost the house. (John Coston)

Ellen’s used the pillows from this rose-colored couch to smother her children. (St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department)

The investigative team posted a sign on a door at the Homicide Section that read ‘Boehm Task Force,’ which was intended to impress Ellen when she was questioned. (St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department)

Detectives purposely littered the conference table at right with coffee cups and ashtrays to simulate an around-the-clock investigation. (St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department)

The special investigative team received letters of commendation on Oct. 21, 1992 for exceptional performance on duty. Back row: Det. Rochelle Jones, Det. Walter Waggoner, Det. George Bender and Bill Swyers of the laboratory section. Front row: Det. Daryl Cordia, Nell Redman, laboratory section, Det. Joseph Burgoon and Det. Thomas Wilber. (St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department)

Det. Joseph Burgoon at his desk in the Homicide Section. (John Coston)

Dr. Michael Graham, Chief Medical Officer of the City of St. Louis, at his desk with autopsy reports. (John Coston)

The gravestones of Ellen Boehm’s children in Trinity Cemetery. (John Coston)