On September 7, 2020, Mark Anthony Ford, 30, of Breckenridge Hills was found dead in the driveway of a Dellwood residence in the 10700 block of Trask Drive with a fatal gunshot wound to the head. Officers arrived shortly after midnight and the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis joined the North County Police Cooperative in the homicide investigation.

Investigators identified 37-year-old Timothy Lee Jr. as a suspect at the scene. Lee was taken into custody on an unrelated warrant and, during questioning, admitted to being intoxicated. He told police Ford had been regularly visiting the house seeking to live there; Lee said he went outside, fired two shots toward Ford and struck him once. Officers say Lee then re-entered the home, tried to take car keys from a woman and urged her to tell police she had shot Ford in self-defense. The murder weapon and shell casings were recovered; the gun was wrapped in a red shirt. Lee was charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a firearm and held on a $500,000 cash-only bond.

Are there readers who knew Mark or who have information about what led to that night at the Trask Drive address?