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At around 8 p.m. on November 18, 2003, an elderly couple were at home in North St. Louis County, Missouri, when an intruder broke into the house through a basement window. The interloper, Jerrold Cain, first encountered the wife in the basement.
Cain forced the woman upstairs and held four-inch shears to her throat while demanding money from her husband. The homeowner told Cain that he had money in his wallet, but that the wallet was in a bedroom. Cain allowed him to go to the bedroom, but the husband grabbed a handgun instead of retrieving his wallet. Returning to the room where his wife was held captive, he shot the would-be ...