Daniel Smith, 33, was found in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Carrie Way Lane in the Spanish Lake neighborhood of St. Louis County in the early morning hours of November 27, 2019. He had multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to a nearby hospital around 5:20 a.m., where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

St. Louis County detectives treated the shooting as nonrandom and said Smith likely knew his attacker. Investigators identified 26-year-old Caran Hatchet of St. Louis as the primary suspect; Hatchet turned himself in on November 30, 2019, and was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. Witnesses at trial included Smith’s girlfriend and his son, who both witnessed the killing and testified that Hatchet had recently made threats toward Smith. Surveillance footage shown at trial captured someone matching Hatchet’s description fleeing the scene with a firearm.

The jury returned a conviction for second-degree murder in October 2022. Does anyone have information about Smith’s life in Spanish Lake or the events that led up to that morning?