Father is murdered by female hitchhiker after picking her up in his car, cops say

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A loving father of three was fatally shot after offering a ride to a female hitchhiker, according to police.

William Palmer was allegedly gunned down by Brittany Rivoire, 36, after he picked her up to take her to a warming shelter in St Louis, Missouri.

Palmer’s lifeless body was discovered just before 2.30am on Sunday and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

His fiancée Riyen Jones said Palmer had been indulging his passion for collecting scrap metal when he spotted Rivoire on the side of the road.

He was with a friend when he stopped to pick up Rivorire before her allegedly strange behavior prompted his friend to leave, First Alert 4 reports.

'As far as we know, she asked him at a gas station to take her to a warming shelter because she was cold,' Jones told the outlet.

She revealed that she had long warned him not to pick up strangers as she feared for his safety.

'I used to tell him all the time not to pick up people off the side of the road anymore. He did it a lot,' she said.

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