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Kelvon Phillips

Case from Saint-louis, MO dated Feb 17, 2019

Victim Details

Kelvon Phillips

Male

Black / African American

Saint-louis

MO

2019-02-17

19

Kelvon

Phillips

07/21/2026

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In the cold winter of 2019, the life of 19-year-old Kelvon Phillips was tragically cut short in a parking lot in North St. Louis County. On the evening of February 17th, Phillips met with another man, 23-year-old Ivan Henley, in the parking lot of the Budget Inn on Dunn Road. The meeting, which authorities later described as a drug and gun deal, took a fatal turn.

Surveillance footage from the motel captured Henley getting into the passenger seat of Phillips' car. At some point during the ...
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  • KSDK: Man charged with shooting, killing 19-year-old in his car
  • KMOV.com: Charges filed after 19-year-old found fatally shot in parking lot of North County hotel
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