On the afternoon of Thursday, September 29, 2022, 22-year-old Jaran Rogers was found dead inside a vehicle in the 5900 block of Kennerly Avenue in the Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood of St. Louis. Rogers, a Black male, had sustained gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene after officers initially responded to a report of a supposed sudden death. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s homicide division is investigating his death as a homicide.

Rogers had been reported missing to the St. Louis County police just days earlier. Doorbell camera footage captured him leaving the home he shared with his mother in the 2200 block of Luxmore Drive in unincorporated north St. Louis County, getting into his car and driving away — the last time his family saw him alive. Those who knew him described him as having a heart of gold; he was active in the youth group at First Baptist Church in Ferguson and had taken part in a mission trip to Texas.

No arrests have been announced and the investigation remains open. Does anyone have information about Rogers, his movements after he left Luxmore Drive, or anything seen near Kennerly Avenue on September 29, 2022?