Kevin G. Carter, a 36-year-old Black man known also as Lil 2 and TJ, was found dead on January 16, 2021, along Emerald Mound Road in rural St. Clair County, Illinois. Responding deputies discovered his body in the lot of the township rock pile at about 2:45 p.m.; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The manner of death has not been disclosed because it is relevant to the ongoing investigation.

The Greater St. Louis Major Case Squad was called in to assist. Investigators released photos of two people believed to have been with Carter in the hours before he died and asked the public to help identify them. Carter was known to frequent the area of 14th and Clark in St. Louis.

No arrests or charges have been announced. Anyone with information about Carter’s movements that afternoon or the identities of the two possible witnesses is asked to contact the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department or CrimeStoppers.