In the early morning hours of June 15, 2016, 27-year-old Leon Wilkes, a male resident of Saint Louis, Missouri, was found deceased behind a building in the 5000 block of West Florissant. An investigation revealed that he had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.
At the time of the discovery, law enforcement officials had no information regarding a suspect or suspects and the investigation was ongoing. Years have passed since the violent death of Mr.
Wilkes, and his case is now considered a cold case. There have been no subsequent public announcements regarding any arrests, charges, or the identification of any suspects in connection with his murder. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has a number of unsolved homicides from 2016 and has made public calls for any information that might lead to a breakthrough in these cases. The death of Leon Wilkes remains one of the many unsolved murders in the city, leaving his family without answers and the perpetrator or perpetrators still at large.
