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Good Samaritan in Starbucks case dies
By Kim Bell
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
Wednesday, Mar. 05 2008
UPDATED, 7:25 a.m.
CRESTWOOD -- The Good Samaritan who was run over by a car while trying to stop
thieves from stealing a tip jar from Starbucks died this morning.
Mary Jo Wich, a spokeswoman for St. Anthony's Medical Center in south St. Louis
County, said Roger Kreutz died about 2 a.m. today.
Police are still searching for the young couple who stole the money and ran
down the 54-year-old Kreutz. It happened about 3 p.m. Monday, in the parking
lot of the new Crestwood Starbucks at 9590 Watson Road.
Kreutz' father, Edward Kreutz Sr., confirmed his son's death today.
Kreutz Sr. had been vacationing in Florida when his son was injured. He
returned to St. Louis County on Tuesday night to be at the bedside of his son
in the hospital.
"I just got to see Roger before he passed away," Kreutz Sr. said this morning,
as he choked back tears. "His vital signs just collapsed."
"It's so useless," the father added. "It's insane what these people do."
A $20,000 reward has been posted -- half by Starbucks and half by an anonymous
donor. Crestwood has had two teams of detectives on the streets, tracking down
leads.
"All this for a tip jar of 5 dollars and 20 cents!" said William Banmiller, one
of Roger Kreutz's friends and co-workers. Banmiller is manager of the Holiday
Inn that the Kreutz family owns.
Images of the thieves have been all over local television, in the newspaper and
posted on STLtoday.com for more than 24 hours now.
Banmiller is livid at the two thieves.
"These jerks are the scum of the earth," Banmiller said today. "Maybe they
dumped the car in the lake and took the first train to Alaska. But they've got
to have friends, and somebody's going to talk."
Anyone with information is asked to call St. Louis CrimeStoppers at
1-866-371-8477 or Crestwood police at 314-729-4800.
Kreutz Sr. said the family is making funeral arrangements today at Bopp chapel
in Kirkwood.
[email protected] | 314-340-8115
By Kim Bell
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
Wednesday, Mar. 05 2008
UPDATED, 7:25 a.m.
CRESTWOOD -- The Good Samaritan who was run over by a car while trying to stop
thieves from stealing a tip jar from Starbucks died this morning.
Mary Jo Wich, a spokeswoman for St. Anthony's Medical Center in south St. Louis
County, said Roger Kreutz died about 2 a.m. today.
Police are still searching for the young couple who stole the money and ran
down the 54-year-old Kreutz. It happened about 3 p.m. Monday, in the parking
lot of the new Crestwood Starbucks at 9590 Watson Road.
Kreutz' father, Edward Kreutz Sr., confirmed his son's death today.
Kreutz Sr. had been vacationing in Florida when his son was injured. He
returned to St. Louis County on Tuesday night to be at the bedside of his son
in the hospital.
"I just got to see Roger before he passed away," Kreutz Sr. said this morning,
as he choked back tears. "His vital signs just collapsed."
"It's so useless," the father added. "It's insane what these people do."
A $20,000 reward has been posted -- half by Starbucks and half by an anonymous
donor. Crestwood has had two teams of detectives on the streets, tracking down
leads.
"All this for a tip jar of 5 dollars and 20 cents!" said William Banmiller, one
of Roger Kreutz's friends and co-workers. Banmiller is manager of the Holiday
Inn that the Kreutz family owns.
Images of the thieves have been all over local television, in the newspaper and
posted on STLtoday.com for more than 24 hours now.
Banmiller is livid at the two thieves.
"These jerks are the scum of the earth," Banmiller said today. "Maybe they
dumped the car in the lake and took the first train to Alaska. But they've got
to have friends, and somebody's going to talk."
Anyone with information is asked to call St. Louis CrimeStoppers at
1-866-371-8477 or Crestwood police at 314-729-4800.
Kreutz Sr. said the family is making funeral arrangements today at Bopp chapel
in Kirkwood.
[email protected] | 314-340-8115
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