On the morning of April 27, 2016, 7-year-old Lillian Lily Nicole Trucks was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds in her bedroom at a home on Maple Lake Court in Villa Ridge, Missouri. She was a student at Coleman Elementary School and was known as Sparkles for her bright personality. Her father, Christopher Trucks, returned from work around 7:00 a.m. and discovered Lillian’s body and his wife, Patricia A. Trucks, incoherent and semi-conscious nearby.

Patricia Trucks, then 31, was transported to St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Louis for evaluation. Authorities determined she was responsible for the shooting and arrested her; she was held at the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Detention Center on $1 million cash-only bond. Patricia was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. In December 2016 she pleaded guilty by reason of mental defect and was sentenced to an indefinite commitment to the Missouri Department of Mental Health.

Did anyone in Villa Ridge or at Coleman Elementary remember Lillian Sparkles and have information about the events leading up to that April morning?