Wild-eyed boy, 15, dressed as CLOWN went door-to-door in chilling ring video before allegedly murdering elderly neighbor, 78: 'I've got a gift for you'

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[algore]

Terrifying doorbell camera video showed how a wide-eyed masked teenager dressed like a clown appeared to go door-to-door before being arrested in connection with an elderly neighbor's murder.

The Illinois State Police said officers had responded to an intersection in East St Louis on Monday shortly after 10pm after reports of a body in the road.

A 15-year-old, whose identity was not disclosed, was taken into custody on Tuesday as part of a homicide investigation. He was later charge with first degree murder.

The victim was identified as John Wesley Allen Sr, 78, by the St Clair County Coroner, according to FirstAlert4.

Less than an hour before police arrived, the teen was seemingly captured peering into a local Ring camera. The footage was shared by East St Louis resident Lora Palmer, who said the camera belonged to her mom.

In a hushed tone, the masked suspect appeared to whisper either 'I have a gift for you' or 'I've been looking for you.'

The teenager was quickly identified and found at a home, according to state police.

Illinois State Police said that 'video footage of the suspect dressed in a clown costume has been circulating' and that they were working to 'collect all relevant video.'

The distance from where the Ring camera footage was captured in the 8200 block of Carol Drive and the intersection where Allen was found is about a 10-minute walk.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

East Saint Louis: that's all you need to know. Everything else follows as a corollary.

[Toespi]

Another demon possession.

[piasa]

Why the heck did the reporter give the name of the person who provided the video?

[Dr. Franklin]

Very likely, Boo-Boo.

East St. Louis city, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1990[31] Pop 2000[32] Pop 2010[29] Pop 2020[30] % 1990 % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 641 363 219 222 1.57% 1.15% 0.81% 1.20%
Black or African American alone (NH) 40,061 30,702 26,378 17,536 97.84% 97.34% 97.67% 94.95%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 46 49 22 30 0.11% 0.16% 0.08% 0.16%
Asian alone (NH) 21 24 24 15 0.05% 0.08% 0.09% 0.08%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) N/A 9 3 3 N/A 0.03% 0.01% 0.02%
Other race alone (NH) 16 10 19 52 0.04% 0.03% 0.07% 0.28%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) N/A 155 208 442 N/A 0.49% 0.77% 2.39%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 159 230 133 169 0.39% 0.73% 0.49% 0.92%
Total 40,944 31,542 27,006 18,469 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

Demographics, East St. Louis, Illinois, Racial and ethnic composition

[VTenigma]

Don’t arrive at my door after dark unannounced, I’ll just leave it at that.

[cross_bearer_02]

You could arrive at my door after dark unannounced. No guarantee given that you’ll control the means by which you will depart, though.

[Labyrinthos]

East St. Louis — no analysis required.

[Organic Panic]

If that thug made it past the gate, and the dogs, and the big ram, he would have filled a hole in the back 20. Stuff like this doesn’t happen in my neck of the woods. Shoot, shovel and shut up.

[Organic Panic]

Annoying people.

[piasa]

This is actually in one of the nicer parts of East St. louis where houses are very far apart on huge lots.
It is not down town or an urban area.

A neighbor says she saw him on camera twirling a knife around like it was some kind of toy.

[piasa]

Looks like one of those Temu Halloween costumes.

[Organic Panic]

Put that annoying person in a hole

[MikelTackNailer]

That's definitely an effeminate style and stance in Post #11's pic. His headgear resembles the sad take on The Riddler in "The Batman" far more than any of filmdom's scary clowns, but the outfit's not too far from the worst of them:

(Art the Clown from "The Terrifier")

How many 'trans murders' are we up to now?

[sauropod]

RIP Mr. Allen,

[Major Matt Mason]

East St. Louis Toodle-Oo

[FreedomPoster]

OK, it’s very off topic, but since you mentioned a ram, this showed up in my feed a couple days ago, is only 10 seconds, and it’s pretty dang funny.
https://x.com/FarmGirlCarrie/status/2083996228732518785?s=20

Back on topic, if that thing showed up in my doorbell camera there’s no way I’m opening the door. And I live in a place that crime wise is effectively Mayberry, and not East Saint Louis.

[BradyLS]

Whatever that is, it is not a clown costume.

If you aren’t expecting visitors, don’t answer the door. Especially after sundown.

[DennisR]

Al…and HOW.

[dynachrome]

“East St Louis” is an area to stay far away from.

[Hot Tabasco]

Clowns creep me out