Futo Family Crimeline

Futo Family: (back) Imre, Nick, Joe, Emory (front) Euna and Emory’s wife Angela

July 4, 1991

Irme and Euna Futo flew to California for their grandson’s birthday. Their son Emory Futo later said there was an incident that caused him to throw they out of his house. 

July 19, 1991

Emory Futo mailed a package weight 3lbs 11oz to his brother Nick. Nick later told his girlfriend it was a disassembled gun. 

July 22, 1991

Emory Futo bought round trip tickets to St. Louis under the assumed name Jim Clayton. 

July 24, 1991

Emory called his brother Nick Futo and gave him the incoming flight information.

July 25, 1991

5:30p: Nick Futo left work after asking a coworker to buy a mallet and pillow for him. 

6p: Nick picked Emory Futo up from the airport.

9p: Residents in an apartment complex near the New St. Marcus Cemetery heard shots fired from the direction of the woods behind the cemetery. 

9:20p (approx): A woman saw a man sitting in a red Mitsubishi Eclipse near the entrance to the apartment complex, looking towards the cemetery. 

Between 9:30 and 10p: A neighbor saw someone fitting Emory Futo’s description sitting in a red Mitsubishi Eclipse near the Futo family home. 

Midnight: Imre “Emory” Futo, Sr. left work. 

Futo Family Home

July 26, 1991

2:47a: Emory Futo called a taxi service using the name Jim and asking to be taken to a restaurant near the airport. 

6:40a: Emory’s flight left St. Louis and returned him to California. 

4:30p: Police arrived at the Futo family home after neither Euna nor Imre “Emory” Futo, Sr. went to work. Euna was found beaten to death in the hallway and Imre was found stabbed and shot in the basement. 

4:30p: Nick Futo was found shot to death by maintenance workers at the New St. Marcus Cemetery. A slip of paper with Emory’s flight number was found in his pocket. 

6p: Joe Futo’s body was found in his car parked behind a business a few blocks from the family home. 

July 25, 1991

Emory Futo was indicted on 4 charges of first degree murder. 

February 1, 1993

Emory Futo’s first trial began and he blamed his brother Nick for killing their parents and brother, only admitting to killing Nick in self defense.. He was convicted on all counts and sentenced to life in prison. It’s believed the jury spared him the death penalty due to his childhood abuse. 

March 26, 1996 

Emory Futo’s appeal was GRANTED based on a trial error.

September 25, 1997

Emory Futo’s second trial began and had the same result as the first. 

August 2020

In an interview with Bob Cyphers with First Alert 4 in St. Louis, Emory Futo took responsibility for all of the slayings. 

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