St. Louis police are investigating a death in the Bevo neighborhood after officers were called to the 5300 block of Alfred Avenue around 7:40 p.m. Thursday. The circumstances surrounding the death have not been disclosed, and police have not said whether the case is being treated as suspicious.
According to First Alert 4, officers confirmed they responded to the South City block, which sits within the Bevo neighborhood, Thursday evening. The outlet reported that police are conducting a death investigation but that other information was not immediately known at the time of publication.
The Medical Examiner’s Role in St. Louis
In St. Louis, certain deaths fall under the jurisdiction of the city’s Office of the Medical Examiner, which is responsible for investigating deaths resulting from unusual or suspicious circumstances, as well as other cases specified under Missouri law, according to the City of St. Louis.
For now, the scope of what’s publicly known remains narrow: a call to police, a time, and a South City address. Residents in the Bevo neighborhood and across the city will likely be watching for any follow-up from investigators as the case develops.
