The first in a multi-part investigation.



 


Today begins a multi-part investigation with The Marshall Project and St. Louis Public Radio, with never-before-seen St. Louis homicide data. Our analysis shows that police there solved fewer than half of the city's 1,900 homicides between 2014 and 2023. We fought in court for years to force the police department to provide this public information. New stories every day.


Part 1: Why 1,000 homicides in St. Louis remain unsolved


In one of America's deadliest cities, police have struggled to solve killings due to staffing shortages, shoddy detective work and lack of community trust.

▻ Read Part 1

How we reported on the homicide investigations



Getting and interpreting homicide clearance data involved litigation, complex analysis and patience.

▻ Read the methodology

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