In the early morning hours of a Tuesday in Saint-Louis, Missouri, a police officer on patrol made a grim discovery. In the 10400 block of Count Drive, a black Toyota Corolla was parked with its passenger door ajar. Slumped in the driver's seat was the lifeless body of 22-year-old Darryl Mull. It was September 15, 2015, and the young man had been shot multiple times in the head.
The St.
Louis County Police Department's Bureau of Crimes Against Persons was called to the scene to begin the painstaking work of a homicide investigation. Details were scarce in the initial aftermath of the discovery. Who would have wanted to harm Darryl Mull, and what were the circumstances that led to his violent end in the quiet of a residential street? These were the questions that investigators were faced with as they began to piece together the final moments of his life.
Despite the efforts of law enforcement, information about any potential suspects or arrests in the case of Darryl Mull's murder has not been made public. The investigation remains open, another unsolved homicide leaving a family to grapple with the loss of a young life cut tragically short. The motive behind the shooting and the identity of the person or persons responsible remain elusive, locked away in the silence of that September morning.
