In the fall of 2018, the life of 38-year-old Kristal Byrd was tragically cut short in St. Louis, Missouri. On the evening of Monday, September 24, 2018, she and a companion, 40-year-old Anthony McMillan, were discovered inside a car in the 4000 block of North Belt. Both had sustained fatal gunshot wounds.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department responded to a call for a 'shooting' and found the two victims inside the vehicle.
The circumstances surrounding the shooting remain unclear from available online sources. Information regarding a motive, any potential suspects, or any arrests made in connection with the double homicide has not been publicly detailed in the years following the incident. The case is one of many unsolved gun violence cases in the city.
Kristal Byrd's death was part of a particularly violent 24-hour period in St. Louis, during which a total of six people were killed in separate shootings across the city. Her friends and family remember her as a loving mother. The investigation into the deaths of Kristal Byrd and Anthony McMillan remains open, leaving their loved ones without answers and their killers still at large.
