Holt Charged with Murder of Father

(Fenton, MO) A Fenton woman, 26 year old Laminia Holt, is being charged with murder in the 1st degree and armed criminal action in the death of her father, 51 year old Charles Holt, also of the Fenton area. A press release from Jefferson County Sheriff, Dave Marshak, indicates around 11:50, Sunday night, Deputies were dispatched to a home in the 100 block of Hartford Court near Fenton for a report of a shooting. Upon their arrival, they located Charles Holt laying in front of the house with what appeared to be a gunshot wound. Holt was taken to a hospital where he later died of his injuries. Investigators believe the homicide resulted from a domestic dispute that began earlier in the day and it was not a random incident. Laminia Holt is being held in the Jefferson County Jail.