Fallon Flood was a 9-year-old African American girl murdered on July 20, 1992, in East St. Louis, Illinois. Her body was found in an abandoned locker room at East St. Louis Senior High School with a belt tightened around her neck and her underwear around her ankles. An autopsy confirmed strangulation.

The investigation led to the arrest of 22-year-old Lorenzo Fayne on July 24, 1993. Fayne was first connected to the killing of 17-year-old Faith Davis; his questioning followed a trail of blood from Davis’s scene to his grandmother’s residence. Fayne confessed to Davis’s murder and to four other killings, including Fallon’s, and gave details corroborated by physical evidence. He was charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder in Fallon Flood’s death.

Fayne was convicted in 2001 and sentenced to death for the murders of Fallon Flood, Faith Davis, Glenda Jones, and Latondra Dean. The sentence was later commuted to life without parole. For readers who knew Fallon or have information about her life and last day, can you share what you remember?