ST. LOUIS — A 73-year-old woman shot her husband to death inside their home, then their son helped clean up the crime scene and misled police, according to charges filed this week.

Beverly Joann Nelson was being held Thursday without bond at the St. Louis jail.

Prosecutors charged Nelson on Wednesday with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of her husband, Herbert Nelson. He was shot in the chest Aug. 20 at their home in the Skinker-DeBaliviere area.

Herbert Nelson was 70. The family lived in the 5800 block of Pershing Avenue. Police said Beverly Nelson shot her husband on the couch after an argument.

The couple's son, 45-year-old William Nelson, met medics and officers outside the home when they showed up to check on a report of an unresponsive man.

The son tol

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