Ross Demetry Harris was 24 and lived in the Soulard neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. He was last known to be in contact on April 4, 2026, and failed to pick up a friend from the airport as planned, which prompted concern from family and friends. He volunteered with Project Thrive and was described as loving and compassionate.

St. Louis police opened a homicide investigation after what investigators say emerged from phone records and communications. Court documents and charging papers say his ex-boyfriend, Ahmad Jackson, sent threatening texts and a voicemail accusing Harris of cheating. Prosecutors allege Jackson traveled to St. Charles to buy a gun, then went to Harris’s apartment on the day he was last seen. Jackson has been charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, and abandonment of a corpse; authorities say he admitted shooting Harris and disposing of his body in the Mississippi River, but the remains have not been found.

Anyone with information about Harris’s disappearance is asked to contact the St. Louis Homicide Division.