Tiffany Becker

And how about you, Deidre?

It was bittersweet.

Didn't feel like it was justice, only because it took so long.

That's because the homicide docket at the St.

Louis Circuit Attorney's Office was backlogged, and the Jocelyn Peters murder case slowed to a crawl for years.

Then, in 2022, the U.S.

Attorney's Office reviewed the evidence.

Assistant U.S.

Attorney Tiffany Becker, now retired, prosecuted the case.

School friends Cornelius Green and Philip Cutler would be co-defendants in a federal courtroom.

But a surprise twist two weeks before their murder trial would change the direction of this case.

When Assistant U.S.

Attorney Tiffany Becker was preparing for trial, she wanted the jury to hear about Cornelius Green and Jocelyn Peters' relationship before the murder.

Jocelyn, who was seven months pregnant, didn't know it.

But Cornelius Green had searched the internet for ways to terminate a pregnancy.

There's no concrete evidence Cornelius Green put those internet searches into motion, but Becker believes Cornelius wanted out.

The investigation also revealed Green had purchased a .380 semi-automatic pistol a few years before the murder.

That weapon has never been found, but it was the same caliber as the shell casing discovered in Jocelyn Peters' bedroom.

Attorneys Nick Williams and Bill Marsh would represent Cornelius Green at trial.

What was he like when you met him, Cornelius Green?