10/10/2026
Reckless Endangerment!
The Bail Project freed Samuel Scott on a $5,000 bond in Missouri, and he beat his wife to de*th within the hour.
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Scott, 54, had been locked up for a January as$ault on Johnson. A deputy served him a protection order at 6:10 in the evening on April 9 in 2019 and he was out at 6:58.
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The order kept him 300 feet from her and out of the apartment. Police say he went there anyway.
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Officers found her near de*th with severe head trauma by 11 that night, about 45 minutes from the release. She d*ed five days later.
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On April 5 she had written that he abused her off and on for three years and that she would not feel safe if he got out. He had told her in January he might as well finish what he started.
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A court sentenced him in April 2022 to life in prison without parole. The group had spent $2.9 million on Saint Louis bail by the time of the AP report, and it said it does not screen out by charge.
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Johnson wrote, "I don't trust Samuel Scott nor will I Feel Safe."
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