ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — A St. Louis County judge agreed to postpone the trial of a man accused of killing a woman at a Catholic Supply store in St. Louis County in 2018.
Thomas Bruce’s trial was originally scheduled for Oct. 13. Bruce requested the delay because of COVID-19 restrictions. A new date has not been set.
Bruce is accused of going into the Catholic Supply store in Ballwin on Nov. 19, 2018 where investigators said he shot and killed Jamie Schmidt. Prosecutors said he shot her after she refused his sexual demands. Bruce also accused of sexually assaulting two other women inside the store, according to police.
STORY FROM 2018: Man charged in Catholic Supply homicide, sexual assaults
He’s been in jail for almost two years on charges of first-degree murder, three counts of sodomy, three counts of kidnapping, one count of burglary, one count of tampering with evidence and eight counts of armed criminal action.