Cape police expand hunt for murder suspect

The Cape Girardeau Police Department expanded the hunt for fugitive murder suspect Tambra T. Turner on Monday by putting details of her arrest warrant on a national database, department spokesman Sgt. Barry Hovis said.

Turner is wanted on first degree murder charges, accused of killing Chabreasha R. Egson at her home at 1523 N. Spanish St. early Friday morning. Cape Girardeau County prosecuting attorney Morley Swingle has also charged Turner with armed criminal action and burglary.

The warrant for Turner is posted on the National Crime Information Center database as well the Missouri Uniform Law Enforcement System, or MULES, database. Both systems alert police officers of outstanding arrest warrants when they check the name of someone being screened after, for example, a traffic stop.

Cape Girardeau police are also preparing a package of information for the U.S. Marshals Service for inclusion in its fugitive program.

"We don't know if she is in Southeast Missouri or has gone somewhere else," Hovis said.

Turner, of Sikeston, Mo., is accused of killing Egson out of jealousy. Turner is the estranged wife of Lloyd Gilmore, who was at the North Spanish Street residence when police responded to the shooting at 5:20 a.m. Friday.

Police are still looking for the front bumper from Turner's blue 2000 Ford Mustang, which they believe may have come lose in a one-car accident somewhere in Cape Girardeau, Hovis said. The license plate number of her car is 836-TZM. Police found the Mustang at her Sikeston home without the bumper.

Witnesses have told investigators that Turner said she fired a shot during a confrontation with Gilmore at the home. Turner also told the witness, according to police reports, that she slid on ice and damaged her car.

When police arrived at the North Spanish Street home, Egson was facedown on a bed and unconscious. She was pronounced dead after being taken to a hospital for treatment.

The murder charge carries a potential for a death sentence.

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