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15-year-old girl charged as adult in deadly shooting of 19-year-old in Pagedale

Four other people have been charged as adults in the case, and multiple others were facing juvenile charges in connection with the deadly shooting.
Credit: Family of Jaylin Johnson
Jaylin Johnson

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — A 15-year-old girl was the fifth person charged as an adult in connection with the deadly shooting of a 19-year-old in Pagedale last year

Chelsea Wiley was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder and first-degree robbery in connection with the death of 19-year-old Jaylin Johnson on July 7. At least four others have been charged as adults, and multiple others were facing juvenile charges in connection with the deadly shooting.

Major Case Squad detectives determined that Johnson had met the group in downtown St. Louis and they all later took the same MetroLink train. The group exited with Johnson at the St. Charles Rock Road station in Pagedale.

His body was later discovered on a curb a short walk from the station. His cell phone and gun were stolen and his pockets were turned inside out.

According to charging documents, Wiley was part of the group that robbed and shot Johnson before getting onto a different train and leaving him for dead.

Prosecutors previously charged Kenneth Hall, 29; Darnesha Thomas-Perry, 18; Steven Marion, 32; and Demetrius Smother, 20, with one count each of first-degree robbery and second-degree murder.

Wiley was charged as an adult in the case and is being held on a $2 million, cash-only bond. 

Johnson had a seven-month-old son and worked at a manufacturing company. The 19-year-old was the oldest of four.

Credit: Mug Shot
Chelsea Wiley was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder and first-degree robbery in connection with the death of 19-year-old Jaylin Johnson.

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