On the morning of February 4, 2021, officers were called to a home in the 4100 block of South Grand Boulevard in the Dutchtown neighborhood of St. Louis after reports of shots fired. Inside the residence, 8-year-old Journee Hemphill, her 30-year-old mother Kanisha Hemphill, and Journee’s 1-year-old sister Ja’Kari Hemphill had all suffered fatal gunshot wounds.

Investigators identified Ronald S. Marr, described as Kanisha Hemphill’s ex-boyfriend and the father of the youngest child, as a suspect. Authorities say Marr discarded his cell phone, bought a new one, and fled the state on a Greyhound bus; he was later located by U.S. Marshals in Effingham, Illinois, and returned to Missouri to face charges. Prosecutors told the jury Marr had targeted the family in their home; at trial the jury convicted him of three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of armed criminal action, and he received life without parole.

Does anyone have information about the family or the neighborhood that could shed more light on what happened?