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Unsolved October 30, 1994 Homicide

Lamar Johnson (Exoneration)

Status Unsolved
Type Homicide
Date October 30, 1994
Location St. Louis, Missouri
Victim Age Unknown
Gender Male

Marcus Boyd was murdered in St. Louis in 1994. Lamar Johnson was wrongfully convicted and spent 28 years in prison before being exonerated in 2023 after the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's office found evidence of a corrupt investigation. Johnson's exoneration highlighted prosecutorial misconduct in St. Louis.

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