On March 10, 2019, officers responded to a welfare check at a home on the 40 block of Grether Avenue in Calverton Park and found 23-year-old Demetria Howard dead from multiple gunshot wounds. She was pronounced at the scene and the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis opened a homicide investigation.

Detectives learned Howard had recently moved into the Calverton Park residence to distance herself from a reportedly toxic relationship with the father of her two young children. Surveillance footage showed a man entered the home the night of the killing and later returned with an unidentified person. Investigators identified 24-year-old Perry Green, described as Howard’s long-term on-and-off partner, as the primary suspect. After his arrest, Green confessed in custody, saying he shot Howard during an argument and then tried to hide the crime by discarding the gun and picking up shell casings. He was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action and held on $500,000 bond.

If anyone knew Demetria, her routines, or saw activity near Grether Avenue on March 10, please share information with the investigators.