Rotaymon E. Whittier

In the early morning hours of October 9, 2010, the life of Rotaymon E. Whittier, a 41-year-old African-American man, was tragically cut short in St. Louis, Missouri. Responding to reports of gunfire, officers from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department discovered Whittier suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Despite the immediate response and efforts of emergency personnel, he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The initial hours of a homicide investigation are often the most criti ...