Paul Tripp Sentenced to Two Years in Valerie Butler Case
Florissant resident Paul Tripp got that sentence for abandonment of a corpse, which is an addition to his previous five-year sentence.
Almost one year to the day that Valerie Butler died, the man responsible for dumping her body in a field in Bridgeton has been sentenced. St. Louis County Circuit Court Judge Steven Goldman sentenced Florissant resident Paul Tripp to two years in prison for abandoning Butler’s body early last year. He pleaded guilty to the charge last month. More than 10 people, including her fiancé, family and friends, gathered in the back of the courtroom wearing “In Loving Memory of Valerie Butler” T-shirts to hear the sentence Friday morning. Butler’s cousin, Jessica Francis, spoke on behalf of her family to the judge before he carried out sentencing. “Valerie was an amazing person,” she said to the judge. “She was not a piece of garbage. She did not …
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Geri Greene
2:04 pm on Friday, May 24, 2013
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