Decarlos Cole was a 25-year-old Black man shot to death on October 10, 2012, in the Walnut Park area of north St. Louis. Local coverage described him as gunned down in a north St. Louis alley, and his death was recorded among the city’s tally of homicides that year.

Those who knew him remembered him growing up in Walnut Park and conveyed the particular sting this killing brought to a neighborhood long accustomed to violence—an area sometimes grimly nicknamed MurderVille by residents. No suspect is named and no arrest, charge, trial, or conviction is described in connection with his killing.

If anyone knew Decarlos, his routines, or saw something in Walnut Park around October 10, 2012, please share what might help clarify what happened.