Victoria Tori Manisco was 26 and living in the Carondelet neighborhood of South Saint Louis when she was followed home after an evening rehearsal on August 10, 2021. As she reached her porch she was attacked and shot; her body was found the next morning, August 11, 2021. She was described as a talented actress dedicated to social justice and well known in the local theater community.

Investigators arrested 18-year-old Prinshun McClain in Granite City, Illinois, on August 12, 2021. Court statements say McClain had no prior connection to Tori and that he followed her from a bus intending to rob her; that encounter escalated and he shot her. A jury later convicted McClain of second-degree murder and armed criminal action for Manisco’s death and imposed a life term calculated at 30 years plus 15 years consecutive for the armed criminal action. Family members noted Manisco had been adopted from China after being found abandoned as an infant.

Are there readers who knew Tori or have information about her last evening or the area around her home?