In the early morning of December 9, 2016, officers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle in the 5500 block of Etzel Avenue in St. Louis and found 31-year-old David Michael Bewig Jr. inside a car, dead of a gunshot wound to the head. Bewig, originally from Pevely, Missouri, enjoyed fishing, camping and promoting local rap and hip-hop artists. He had traveled to St. Louis the day before to arrange his upcoming birthday party and had paid the DJ.

For nearly two years the family waited for answers and did not hold a memorial while they hoped for justice; investigators and the family suspected the person responsible was known to Bewig. In December 2018, 33-year-old Darin Schmidt of Pevely was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. The probable cause statement says four witnesses reported Schmidt admitted to killing Bewig on three separate occasions. Schmidt was held on a $500,000 cash-only bond.

If anyone knew David, his plans that weekend, or has information about what happened on Etzel Avenue that night, please come forward.