Johnathan Louis White

Johnathan Louis White, an 18-year-old Black male from St. Louis, Missouri, was born on September 30, 1992, and died on November 27, 2010. In the records that remain publicly viewable today, the story of his death is told more in dates and place-names than in headlines: a young life bracketed by two late-November and early-December entries, and a final return to the ground in North St. Louis County.

After his death, he was laid to rest at Saint Peter’s Cemetery in Normandy, Missouri. Ce ...