Frank Slaughter, 23, and his brother Jack Slaughter, 21, were found shot and stabbed to death together in East St. Louis, Illinois, on May 7, 1971. The discovery of both bodies indicated a violent, targeted attack; at the time no arrests or suspects were identified and the case remained unsolved.

In 1980 Andre Vernell Jones, born in 1956, confessed to killing Frank and Jack Slaughter and a third victim, Arthur Lee Walson, saying the killings occurred when he was 14 and were over unpaid drugs. Authorities did not pursue charges tied to the 1971 deaths, reportedly due to concerns about the confession’s credibility and lack of corroborating evidence. No other suspects have been publicly identified.

The Slaughter family continues to seek closure. Did anyone in East St. Louis in 1971 have information about Frank and Jack’s activities or associates that could shed light on what happened?