Charles Braxton, 57, was shot and killed on January 3, 2021, after going to collect rent from his tenant in the Tower Grove East neighborhood of Saint-Louis, Missouri. The dispute over payment escalated into a fatal shooting at the tenant’s residence.

Braxton was reported missing and remained so for ten days. His body was found January 13, 2021, under the Poplar Street Bridge in East St. Louis, Illinois. Investigators say the body had been wrapped in a rug, transported across the river, and hidden under debris.

Police identified 51-year-old Lamont E. Johnson as the primary suspect. Johnson was taken into custody and charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, and tampering with physical evidence, and was being held without bond. The information available does not provide later outcomes in the case.

Did anyone in Tower Grove East see either man or notice suspicious activity around January 3, 2021?