Jerome Baker, a 27-year-old father of six from St. Louis, disappeared on the morning of May 15, 2016, after preparing to take his children to Six Flags. A woman he was dating had borrowed his car to collect her children, and Baker called a friend to borrow that friend’s car for the rest of the kids. In the roughly 11 minutes before the friend arrived, Baker vanished. His wallet and jacket were left at the home; only his cell phone was missing and went unanswered. Drag marks in the backyard were found by his mother, suggesting a struggle.

In October 2016 a utility worker found a human skull in a vacant lot near Bircher and Riverview Boulevards; the remains were later identified as Baker’s. In June 2017 the rest of his remains were recovered in a wooded area in northern St. Louis, and the death was ruled a homicide. Authorities have not publicly named suspects or made arrests. Family members have expressed frustration with the investigation and say a 911 call from the day he disappeared reportedly captured sounds of him struggling with multiple assailants.

If anyone was in the Bircher and Riverview area in May 2016 or heard the 911 call, does anything about Baker’s disappearance or those sounds shed light on who might be responsible?