Patrick Demeca McKinney, a 34-year-old Black man, was found dead in an alley behind 4706 Highland Avenue in St. Louis on January 15, 2010. He suffered a gunshot wound to the back of the head; city crime-report data for that night records a homicide at that address at about 9:45 p.m., and the discovery is described as occurring around 10 p.m.

Patrick McKinney’s death remains an unanswered late-evening killing, with few public details beyond where and when he was found.

If anyone saw or heard anything in the Highland Avenue area that night, or knows more about Patrick’s activities that evening, please share what you know with investigators.