BRECKENRIDGE HILLS, Mo. – A 65-year-old woman was stabbed to death at the Breckenridge Hills Family Dollar Tuesday morning.
Officers responded to 9730 St. Charles Rock Road for a stabbing around 11:15 a.m.
Marybeth Gaeng, 65, was found with several injuries to her head and face. She died a short time after being hospitalized.
The suspect, 34-year-old Cameka Cathey was found shortly after the stabbing and taken into custody. During an interview with police, she said she was thinking about killing someone, a detective said. The detective said they had no reason to believe she was under the influence of drugs.
The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office filed charges on Cathey for first-degree murder, armed criminal action and additional felony charges are pending on unrelated crimes that occurred within Breckenridge Hills and St. Ann over the weekend.
Police believe that Gaeng and Cathey had no prior interaction and Gaeng was chosen at random by Cathey.
Cathey is being held at St. Louis County Jail with a no bond warrant.
In 2013, Cathey threatened a Family Dollar clerk in Memphis, Tennessee with a butcher knife. She was charged.
A GoFundMe has been set up for Gaeng's funeral. Click here to donate.
