On December 7, 1994, Reserve Deputy Fred Feuser Jr., 47, was killed while working security for the property owners association in the Village of Four Seasons, Camden County, Missouri. Feuser responded to a report from a colleague after a stolen 27-foot speedboat was found crashed into a dock at Downings Branch Cove near the five-mile marker. Arriving to assist, he and volunteer firefighter William Jensen encountered two people burglarizing a storage locker; both Feuser and Jensen were shot in the head with a .22 caliber pistol. Jensen was later found dead in a fishing boat and Deputy Feuser’s body was recovered from the water by divers.

About 15 hours after the murders, investigators apprehended two suspects: 17-year-old Christopher Creed and a 13-year-old juvenile. Both were charged with two counts of murder; Creed was prosecuted as an adult and the younger suspect was handled in youth court. The case prompted wide public reaction and led to passage of Missouri legislation changing how juveniles accused of serious violent crimes could be prosecuted.

Did anyone in the area at the time witness the events at Downings Branch Cove or the suspects fleeing the scene?