The life of 26-year-old Jacqueline 'Jackie' Griffin was tragically cut short on September 22, 2019, in St. Louis, Missouri. A vibrant young woman known by affectionate nicknames such as '2 hunny bunny' and 'Lil' Pie,' Griffin had built a life for herself that included a career as an Account Manager and Office Solutions Specialist at Ricoh USA. She was a mother to one child and had an educational background that included attending McCluer High School and Columbia College Chicago.
Her friends and family remembered her for her lively spirit, but that promise was extinguished during a violent spate of crime that shook the city that autumn.
On that fateful Sunday, Griffin was inside a vehicle on Maffitt Avenue in the Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood, accompanied by 22-year-old Derrick Hudson. The two became victims of a shooting incident that occurred during a particularly bloody three-hour stretch in St. Louis, which saw multiple homicides across the city. Authorities arrived to find both Griffin and Hudson deceased at the scene, their lives ended by gunfire within the car. The brutality of the day contributed to a homicide rate that was rapidly closing in on the previous year's total, leaving the community and Griffin's loved ones in a state of shock and mourning.
Despite the passage of time, justice has remained elusive for Jacqueline Griffin's family. As of March 2023, nearly four years after the murders, police had yet to make any arrests in connection with the double homicide. The case has stayed open, with family members holding vigils to keep her memory alive and to plea for answers, yet no suspects have been publicly named or charged. The investigation continues as detectives seek the breakthrough that would finally bring accountability for the deaths of Griffin and Hudson.
