On July 1, 2016, authorities in St. Louis, Missouri, began an investigation into a violent incident discovered along the banks of the Mississippi River. Police were dispatched to the riverfront area after receiving reports of a person down near the Merchants Bridge, a historic rail bridge connecting Missouri and Illinois. Upon arrival at the scene, officers located the body of a male victim lying on the riverfront trail beneath the bridge structure.
The victim was subsequently identified as fifty-one-year-old Quinton Lawrence. Investigators examining the scene determined that Lawrence had sustained a fatal gunshot wound, and his death was ruled a homicide. The location where he was found, often used by cyclists and pedestrians, became the center of a crime scene investigation as detectives searched for evidence that might explain the circumstances leading up to the shooting.
Despite the initial police response and identification of the victim, public records and crime databases have listed the death of Quinton Lawrence as an unsolved homicide. In the years following the discovery of his body, no information regarding suspects, arrests, or charges specifically related to his murder has been widely released by law enforcement agencies. The case remains part of the city's inventory of cold cases, with no convictions recorded in connection with the crime.
