COURTESY ST. LOUIS COUNTY POLICE
This funeral home van was stolen Thursday morning outside a north St. Louis County QuikTrip.
Update 5:50 p.m.: St. Louis County police have released photos of two "persons of interest" in the van theft. The first is a white man, medium height with black and gray hair. He was wearing a navy and white baseball cap, gray hoodie, dark pants and a black ski mask.
The second person is a white woman of medium height with brown or red hair. She was wearing a black jacket, dark pants and dark boots, as well as a black backpack. See the bottom of this post for photos.
Police think the van could be in the area of Godfrey, Illinois.
The original story continues below.
Auto thieves stole a funeral home's van — including a woman's body in the back, authorities say.
St. Louis County police say William C. Harris Funeral home's 2012 Nissan NV1500 van was left running this morning in the parking lot of a QuickTrip at 12110 Lusher Road in Spanish Lake when someone hopped in and drove off.
The time of the call was 10:26 a.m., police say, and they've put out a description of the vehicle in hopes of recovering it — and its human cargo — as soon as possible.
The van is white with "William C Harris Funeral" written across the side. A logo on the back depicts an "H" nestled inside green wreaths. The Missouri license plate number is 5MDX73.
Reached by phone, a man at the funeral home told the RFT he had another call coming in and hung up.
Police ask anyone with information to call 636-529-8210 to speak to investigators.
COURTESY ST. LOUIS COUNTY POLICE
Persons of interest in the funeral home's van theft.
COURTESY ST. LOUIS COUNTY POLICE
Persons of interest in the funeral home's van theft.
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