Hannah Elliott
KSDK NewsChannel 5
2 hours ago near Pierron ·
2 hours ago near Pierron ·
- I, along with my entire family, am a loyal follower of ksdk. This being said, I feel obligated to inform you of the disappointment felt by our entire community in the coverage and presentation of Kyle Roberts's murder on the landing Saturday night. The media has been portraying his death as something that was unavoidable and that the landing is in fact a safe place.
Our community is one that sticks together. When something like this happens to one of our own everyone is affected, whether they knew him personally or not. The man you interviewed implied that this would've happened no matter where he was because that's what happens to people like this....if only he knew how wrong he is. Kyle was a wonderful person, the kind that would drop everything to help someone in need.
Kyle's death is not only a devastation to his friends and family but to our entire community. A night of celebration became a night of tragedy and for what? This incident is just another death to you and to St. Louis, but to us this is unimaginable. We do not witness murders in our community. A fight at our local bar, at most, results in a couple punches being thrown then apologies and embarrassment the following day...not cold blooded murder. We do not carry knives for our protection or for malice, because there is no need.
Kyle's death should be motivation to make your city a safer place. Do not protect the local businesses by making it seem like it was his fault. Whether there was a confrontation or not, it should never result in the loss of life. The police should be taking this much more seriously, not writing it off. A shooting Friday night, murder Saturday night...what's next? Who has to die before there is change? Let Kyle's death be the start of change, if not for our community then for the sake of yours.
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Susan Blakey i dont see anything disturbing on the story....it was matter of fact but that kind of thing is happening so much in st louis, the stories just read like a police report.
38 minutes ago · Like
Kelli Prater Very proud of you Hannah and everyone that has posted in here, Kyle will be missed by many!
38 minutes ago via mobile · Like
Laurie Hahn Fuchs I can't believe that the police and media would just say oh we have murders all the time o'well its still safe. No I live in one of the highest crime rate cities and the police and media do not just accept this kind of thing!
37 minutes ago via mobile · Like · 3
Scott Kuhn Good job Hannah you just said what we all wanted to!!!
35 minutes ago · Like · 5
Shane Henson I copied and pasted to Ksdk. They will take it down again but everyone should keep copy and past so they see we do not feel the same numbness to murder as they do.
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Dena Martin Petroline Thank you for expressing so well what those of us I'm Sorento/Bond County are feeling and thinking, Hannah. Like Kyle, you represent us well.
32 minutes ago via mobile · Like · 2
Amanda Micnheimer I agree 100% my cousin got killed on broadway in st louis last year by a hit and run and the police havent really done anything about it either.
31 minutes ago via mobile · Like
Lisa Scoggins I did watch coverage of this and I too was infuriated by the way the story was delivered so sad that St. Louis has been desensitized to the point of acceptance and even BLAMING the victim.I too hale from a small town(panama) where ya may fight a bit th...See More
30 minutes ago · Like · 2
Cris Davis Hart Another copy and paste is on its way....
29 minutes ago · Like
Mike Mueller they aren't deleting it people .....check the right side of their page.....anything you post will be reduced to a headline that anyone can click on .....Hannah, yours is there 3 or 4 times and numerous other peoples' copy and paste are right there.......
28 minutes ago · Like · 5
Hannah Elliott thank you
27 minutes ago · Like · 1
Kami Tieman Wow. Well said Hannah!
27 minutes ago via mobile · Like
Nancy Kitchens More people should speak out for change
24 minutes ago · Like
Hannah Elliott No it was for you mike.
24 minutes ago via mobile · Like · 1
Justin Matthew One could not write that any better Hannah
23 minutes ago · Like
Leslie Woodard Schobernd Sorry for your loss and very well said!
22 minutes ago via mobile · Like
Jessica Laura Bushrow I agree with this all!!! Kyle was a friend of my cousin and this is such a tragedy. I am praying for everyone in this horrible situation.
21 minutes ago via mobile · Like
Mike Mueller ok cool ! you're quite welcome ..these posts are hard to keep up with ...keep giving them hell about it and maybe they'll respond to you in a post of their own ! good luck !
21 minutes ago · Like
Hannah Elliott they did respond! twice actually, so hopefully there will be change.
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Christine Carter Will Carter
21 minutes ago via mobile · Like
Becky Obermark Good job, Hannah! You have a huge heart and are smart to boot - if there is anything I can do to help you shine more light on this, I certainly will. There is no reason why anyone cannot go to the landing, or anywhere really, for a good time and come...See More
20 minutes ago · Like · 4
Ryan Driemeyer Great job Hannah you know Ashley Ammann Driemeyer and I felt the same way. The coverage on Fox2 was equally as bad.
19 minutes ago · Like · 3
Mike Mueller right on...squeaky wheel gets the grease! keep on squeakin!
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Travis Koehler The message that I recieved from the coverage is that the crimes are not randomly occuring to innocent people, and that patrons should feel confident that these acts will not happen to them if they visit the riverfront, as these were non-random conflic...See More
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Eric Hegger Dont expect much help from police. A few years ago I saw 1 guy getting jumped by 5 others at Martí gras in Solar with over a dozen cops just Watching.
Stl is not safe at all. The cops never did jump in, it took people from the crowd to save him while the cops watched.
18 minutes ago via mobile · Like · 1
Kellie Jarrett The city of St. Louis is full of crime. There are murders everyday. It will just get worse when the City of St. Louis lives in denial. Sorry about the loss of your friend.
17 minutes ago · Like · 3
Keith Deak The problem im having with this is what are the police doing. They are not asking for help to try to find this murderer. Are they going to push it under the rug because they dont want to lose money in the city. Thats all I am getting out of it. Hey its...See More
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Mike Mueller perhaps everyone who takes issue with this should ******* the Riverfront in the name of KSDK ...there are plenty of other places to get loaded in the Metro ....
15 minutes ago · Like · 3
Casey Prater Well said Hannah Elliott!!
15 minutes ago via mobile · Like
Matt Scott Wow. The media held accountable. I didn't know that happened anymore.
15 minutes ago · Like · 3
Eric Hegger Soulard
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Susie Michels Very well said Hannah!! Kyle was an amazing person, had a wonderful personality! He was my cousin, my moms nephew. I am standing behind what you said because something does need to be done about this. But for the fact of the matter, no one in St.Louis cares especially if its. White person.
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Barbara Beadle SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS, MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU ALL...
13 minutes ago · Like · 1
Steph Bade Well said!! People from the city just think that these types of murders are normal and they are used to people getting gun down or stabbed, but they don't realize that people from small towns who know one another and live differently that these types o...See More
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Hannah Elliott Thanks Travis Koehler
12 minutes ago via mobile · Like
Rachel Altom-Wilfong well said Hannah!!
11 minutes ago via mobile · Like
David Goodall Fox 2 news at 9 and the STL police are not helping I think it the worst version I've seen yet.
11 minutes ago via mobile · Like · 1
Callie Jo Well said, Hannah. It's night and day between Bond County and STL. Unfortunatly working for Abbott has opened my eyes to the two different worlds so close together. People can blame it on the economy and the bad times all they want... people just don't...See More
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Gabby Randall Well said Hannah!
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Kim Donelson Berry My daughter and her friends were going to go to the St Patricks Day celebration.... Until this happened....my thoughts and prayers to everyone who knew and loved this young man.... Makes
Me sick how the police and the news are handling this....
11 minutes ago via mobile · Like
Travis Koehler Oh, sorry, these NBC statistics have been brought to you by the Fabulous Fox Theater and Lumiere Casino.
10 minutes ago · Like
Scott Hoffmann Shayne Felberg
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Hannah Elliott yeah I watched Fox 2 tonight....it was terrible! the man they interviewed said, "You can't fix stupid"...implying both parties in the confrontation.
10 minutes ago · Like · 7
Aaron Riley i agree hannah its unbelievable..
9 minutes ago · Like
KSDK NewsChannel 5 Hannah Elliott- can you please send your contact information to newstips@ksdk.com? That way we can have contact information for you tomorrow.
6 minutes ago · Like
Kayla Sutton can't fix stupid? They obviously must be referring to the ones who were NOT helping who just s
