The quiet neighborhood of Olivette is dealing with a heavy silence today. People are trying to wrap their heads around a tragedy that happened Tuesday evening in the 8800 block of Chisholm Court. What started as an argument between a young couple ended in a way no one ever expected. By the time the sun went down, 20-year-old Lolina Long and 23-year-old Golden Edmond were gone, leaving behind a community that is completely heartbroken.
It was just after 6:10 p.m. when things took a turn for the worse. Lolina’s mother was home when she heard a series of “popping” noises coming from the basement. It’s the kind of sound you never want to hear in your own house. Panicked and fearing the worst after a heated dispute between the two, she called the police. She told dispatchers she believed her daughter had been killed and that she had locked the basement door to keep the danger contained.
When officers from Olivette and St. Louis County arrived, they moved carefully. They announced themselves at the top of the stairs before heading down into the basement. What they found was a scene of pure sorrow. Both Golden and Lolina were lying near a bed. Golden was found on top of Lolina with a firearm still in his hand. Paramedics arrived quickly, but there was nothing they could do. Both were pronounced dead right there in the room.
Lolina was a local girl with so much life left to live. Those who knew her say she was full of energy and had a bright future ahead of her. She was the kind of person who could light up a room just by walking into it. Her family is now facing a void that feels impossible to fill. For her mother, the woman who made that desperate call for help, the loss is a weight that is simply unimaginable.
Golden Edmond, who was from Florissant, is also being mourned by those who knew him as a son and a friend. While his actions on that Tuesday night caused a permanent and devastating scar, his family is also grieving the loss of a young man they loved. It is a complicated kind of grief that many in the community are struggling to process as they look for answers that might never come.
This incident has hit the Olivette community hard. It serves as a painful reminder of how quickly domestic situations can spiral out of control when emotions run high. Neighbors have spent the last few days talking in hushed tones, wondering if there was anything that could have been done. It highlights the desperate need for people to reach out for help when relationships become volatile or when mental health struggles become too much to carry alone.
As the investigation continues, the focus remains on the two families whose lives changed forever in a single afternoon. People are coming together to offer prayers and support, hoping to find some kind of peace in the middle of all this chaos. Lolina will be remembered for her spirit and the love she gave, while the community hopes this tragedy will lead to more awareness and better ways to prevent such a terrible loss from happening again.
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