On New Year’s Day 2020, 26-year-old Joah Aaron Ross was found dead in his home on Jackson Avenue in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. At first, investigators and the coroner’s office concluded his death was a drug overdose, a finding consistent with drugs present in the residence. While preparing the body at a funeral home, mortuary staff discovered a gunshot wound that had been missed at the scene, and the East Baton Rouge Coroner’s Office later confirmed Ross died from a fatal gunshot wound.

The missed gunshot prompted criticism of the initial examination; the coroner’s chief of investigations said a formal disciplinary process would be started for the employee who failed to properly examine the body. An anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers led police to 28-year-old Bryan Keith Price, who was arrested in May 2020 on charges of second-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon. A grand jury indicted Bryan Price in December 2020, and in June 2023 he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit second-degree murder and faced a 20-year sentence.

If anyone knew Joah, his routines, who visited him on Jackson Avenue, or has information about the shooting, please share what can help the ongoing search for answers.