Stephen Ratti, 64, a Black man from Joplin, Missouri, was found dead at 812 S. Vermont Avenue on March 7, 2021. Emergency dispatchers classified the call that morning as DOA and officers were sent to the address at 9:34 a.m., prompting an official death investigation.

The materials reviewed do not name any suspect or record an arrest connected to the March 7 investigation.

If anyone knew Stephen, lived near 812 S. Vermont Avenue, or has information about what happened that morning, please share what is known.