Cold Cases in St. Louis, Missouri
ColdCaseIndex documents 2 cases in St. Louis, Missouri, dated 1983 to 1994. 1 is recorded as unsolved. The earliest is St. Louis Jane Doe (Precious Hope) (1983) and the most recent is Lamar Johnson (Exoneration) (1994).
Status of the 2 cases
- Unsolved 1 (50%)
- Partly resolved 1 (50%)
By type
All 2 cases
Partially Solved
1994
Lamar Johnson (Exoneration)
Markus Boyd was shot dead by two masked men on his St. Louis porch on October 30, 1994. Lamar Johnson was convicted in 1995 and served about 28 years before Judge David Mason vacated the conviction on February 14, 2023, finding…
Unsolved
1983
St. Louis Jane Doe (Precious Hope)
On February 28, 1983, the decapitated body of an African-American girl, estimated to be 8 to 11 years old, was found in the basement of an abandoned apartment building at 5635 Clemens Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri.