On the morning of November 19, 2016, first responders in St. Louis were called to the 500 block of West Poepping Street for a vehicle fire. Inside a burning work van they found the body of 52-year-old locksmith Joseph L. Hults. The medical examiner determined Hults died of a gunshot wound to the head, and ruled the death a homicide. Investigators say the van was set on fire after the shooting, apparently to destroy evidence.

Police linked Hults’ killing to a wider spree of violence in the city and identified 19-year-old George P. Bush III as the primary suspect. Hults was described as likely on a service call or working in the area when the encounter occurred. Family members remembered him as a loving father and a really good person who was his daughter’s best friend; he was survived by his mother, children, and grandchildren.

Does anyone have information about Hults’ movements or work on November 19, 2016, or recall seeing a work van in the 500 block of West Poepping Street that morning?