On December 17, 2018, a violent double homicide took place in Kinloch, Missouri. Destiny Howard, 21, and 39-year-old Richard Berry were sitting in a vehicle on Tuttle Street near Suburban Avenue around 2:00 a.m. when they were targeted in an apparent carjacking that escalated into gunfire. Berry was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene. Howard was critically wounded, transported by ambulance, and died en route to the hospital.

Two other occupants were in the car: another woman and Howard’s 3-year-old son. Reports say the child witnessed his mother being shot; both surviving passengers left the scene without physical injury. The assailants stole the vehicle and fled, leaving the victims behind. A local funeral director paid for Howard’s service because her family faced financial hardship.

St. Louis County police identified a suspect and took him into custody. On January 11, 2019, prosecutors charged 21-year-old Darren Thomas Jr. of Bellefontaine Neighbors with two counts of first-degree murder, first-degree robbery, first-degree assault, and unlawful use of a weapon; he was ordered held without bond after charges were filed.

Did anyone in the Kinloch area see the vehicle or the suspects around Tuttle Street that night?