On April 29, 2018, 19-year-old Shawnee Staten was shot in the face at close range and killed in her apartment in north St. Louis County while holding her two-month-old daughter. The infant survived the incident, which devastated the family and the local community.

Investigators identified an 18-year-old from Spanish Lake, Christian Beemer, as a suspect. Court documents state a witness placed Beemer at the scene and that he admitted to being present when Staten was killed. He was arrested and charged by the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office with second-degree murder and armed criminal action and held on a $1 million cash-only bond.

What information do readers have about Shawnee’s life in north St. Louis County or about the events of that night that could help the investigation?