On February 9, 2015, around 12:28 a.m., officers responded to reports of gunfire in the 200 block of Ameristar Boulevard in Saint Charles, Missouri. They found 38-year-old Charles Stanley Dishman with critical gunshot injuries; he was transported to a hospital and later died of his wounds. The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis joined the homicide investigation.

Investigators say the shooting happened during a violent robbery by a group who drove a rental vehicle to the apartment complex. Law enforcement identified and arrested five suspects; stolen items and the weapon used in the killing were reportedly recovered from the group. In November 2015 Wardell Davison Jr. pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, first-degree robbery, and armed criminal action and received a life sentence. In December 2015 Melech Yachin Porter pleaded guilty to the same charges and was sentenced to twenty years.

Two others, Dennis Lamont Baker and Lamont D. Ware, pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery and were awaiting sentencing in early 2016. A fifth defendant, Travon Johnson, was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree robbery, and armed criminal action with a jury trial scheduled for February 2016. Does anyone have information about Dishman’s movements that night or about the rental vehicle used in the robbery?