On the afternoon of Christmas Eve in 2020, the festive spirit in a north St. Louis neighborhood was shattered by a grim discovery. Thirty-seven-year-old Gregory Wilbon, a male, was found lifeless on a sidewalk in the 4500 block of Aldine Avenue. The call to police was made around 2:40 p.m., reporting a person down. When officers arrived, they found Mr. Wilbon with injuries to his back and, tragically, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The somber scene extended beyond the sidewalk.
Inside a vehicle parked nearby, another man, 31-year-old Vincent Meeks, was also found deceased. He had sustained a fatal head injury. The relationship between the two men was not immediately clear to investigators, but it was noted that both victims shared the same last known address on St. Charles Rock Road.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department's homicide detectives were tasked with unraveling the events that led to the deaths of Gregory Wilbon and Vincent Meeks on that holiday afternoon. The investigation into the double homicide was initiated, though details regarding any potential suspects or arrests have not been made publicly available. The community was left to mourn the loss of two lives as authorities began the arduous process of seeking justice for the men whose lives were cut short on Christmas Eve.
