A man questioned in connection with the 2016 murder of Missouri high school teacher Jocelyn Peters was recorded on police video consuming pages from a notebook during an interview. The incident occurred in 2022, according to court documents reviewed by CBS News.
Jocelyn Peters, a 25-year-old teacher at North County High School, was found dead in her St. Louis apartment on March 24, 2016. The case remained unsolved for years. The suspect, whose identity has been reported in connection with the investigation, was recorded on video tearing out and eating pages from a notebook while being interviewed by detectives in 2022.
Lead homicide detective Mark Biondolino, who began the investigation in 2016 and has remained connected to the case despite retiring, testified about the video in court. The suspect's actions were presented as potential evidence of consciousness of guilt. As of March 2026, no charges have been publicly filed in the murder of Jocelyn Peters, and the investigation by St. Louis County police remains active.
