On the night of November 1, 2020, 36-year-old David Joshua Long of Fredericktown drove into St. Louis with a younger acquaintance after picking up 20-year-old Ashlyn Ketcherside at her father’s home in Farmington. They parked a blue sedan on the 5900 block of Bartmer Avenue in the West End neighborhood. Just before 10:00 p.m., their parked car was struck by gunfire.

Officers arriving at the scene found Long fatally shot in the driver’s seat and Ketcherside dead in the backseat, where she had reportedly tried to take cover. The killings were investigated as a double homicide, but detectives were unable to identify the shooter. Family members later suggested the trip to St. Louis may have been a setup, but no witnesses provided actionable information and the shooter left the area undetected. No suspects had been publicly named or arrested.

If anyone was in the West End on November 1, 2020 and saw a blue sedan or has information about this shooting, please come forward.