UMSL Student Killed in Frat House Fire

A University of Missouri-St. Louis student has been killed in a fire in a fraternity house. Police say the victim is 25-year-old Brian Schlittler. Authorities say the fire began early this morning and was noticed when one of three students living in the frat house returned home to find a couch on fire. He awoke his two house mates. One got out, but Schlittler didn’t make it. The cause of the fire is under investigation.