Larold Brice, 31, of the 3100 block of Magnolia Avenue in south St. Louis, was found shot to death in a car in the 4600 block of Riverview Boulevard in north St. Louis in October 2012. The Washington Post's homicide database records his death on Wednesday, October 10, 2012. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated, and the database, which tracked killings in St. Louis through 2017, lists the case as open with no arrest.
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Brice was found at about noon on a Thursday inside a white 1989 Cadillac in the 4600 block of Riverview Boulevard. He had a gunshot wound behind his left ear. Police identified him the following week. The report does not say who found him, whether the car was running or parked, how long he may have been there, or whether he was the car's owner. No one else was reported hurt.
Police said the investigation was continuing and that no suspects were in custody.
No description of a gunman, a second vehicle, a person of interest or a motive has been made public, and no reward for information appears in the available record.
Little about Larold Brice's life has entered the public record. No obituary or memorial page for him could be found for this account. His first name is rare, and anyone who knew him in south St. Louis, where he lived, would likely remember it. He lived on Magnolia Avenue, miles from where he was found, which raises the question of why he was on Riverview Boulevard and who he was with.
The way he was found stands out. A single gunshot wound behind the ear, inside a car, raises the question of whether he was with someone he knew, though police have not said how close the shooter was. A white 1989 Cadillac is also a distinctive car, and someone may remember seeing it parked on Riverview, or seeing who was in it, in the hours before he was found.
Riverview Boulevard is a long residential street in north St. Louis, lined with homes and apartment buildings, where a parked car with a man inside could have been noticed by neighbors. The database records the death of another man in this group, Decarlos Coleman, 25, on the same day in north St. Louis, about a mile to the east. Nothing in the record says whether the deaths were connected.
St. Louis has long had one of the highest homicide rates of any large American city. The city recorded more than 100 homicides in every year of the early 2010s, and the yearly totals later climbed to 188 in 2015 and 205 in 2017. In many of those years, fewer than half of the city's killings ended in an arrest. Cases with few public details, like his, often faded from view quickly.
No arrest, criminal charge or court case connected to the death of Larold Brice could be found in news archives or public records. More than 14 years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who saw a white 1989 Cadillac on Riverview Boulevard in October 2012, who knew why Larold Brice was there, or who heard talk afterward about what happened, may be able to help. Even a small detail, such as a name overheard, a car seen leaving the area or a conversation remembered, can help detectives move a case forward. Anyone with information can call the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Division at 314-444-5371, or call CrimeStoppers at 866-371-TIPS (866-371-8477), where tips can be anonymous.
