Veree I. Pomerlee was a 30-year-old African American woman who died on April 8, 2018, in East St. Louis, Illinois. Her death is counted among a large number of unsolved murders in the city; between 2000 and 2018 authorities recorded 341 unsolved homicides in East St. Louis, many involving women found in similar conditions.

Researchers using pattern-detection methods, including Thomas K. Hargrove of the Murder Accountability Project, have noted that Pomerlee’s case shares geographic and method-of-killing characteristics with several other female victims, and have suggested a possible serial offender may be responsible for some of the cases. Investigators have faced obstacles such as limited resources, advanced decomposition of some victims, and difficulty linking cases across jurisdictions. No arrest has been announced in Pomerlee’s death.

Anyone with information about Veree Pomerlee, where she was before April 8, 2018, or other suspicious deaths in East St. Louis is asked to come forward.