On the evening of April 4, 2022, 35-year-old Jessica Cotham was sitting in a parked vehicle in the Carondelet neighborhood of St. Louis, near Dover Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, with a 53-year-old male companion in the driver’s seat. Around 7:45 p.m., a white Volkswagen Passat pulled alongside. A man whose face was covered by a bandana exited the Passat, brandished a firearm and demanded money. Cotham and the driver handed over cash. The robber then ordered them to drive away and opened fire as they attempted to leave.

Cotham was struck in the neck and the driver was shot in the arm. Both were taken to a hospital; the driver sustained critical injuries. Cotham fought for her life for four days and died on April 8, 2022. Police descriptions remain limited to a masked male assailant and the white Volkswagen Passat; no arrests have been announced.

Did anyone in Carondelet see a white Volkswagen Passat or notice suspicious activity near Dover Street and Pennsylvania Avenue that evening?