Dorain Kawane Valentine was 23 when he was found shot to death behind a residence on the 2500 block of Semple Avenue in North St. Louis. His body was discovered around 9:30 a.m. on August 2, 2015; police determined he had sustained multiple gunshot wounds, with one report saying he was shot six times and left to die in an alley. St. Louis police opened a homicide investigation, and the killing was counted among the city’s many homicides that year.

Years later the case reappeared in news coverage after another family tragedy in 2023, but no arrests or suspects have been reported. The case remains an open investigation. If anyone had contact with Dorain in the days before August 2, 2015, or remembers seeing him in North St. Louis that weekend, please come forward with what was seen or heard.