ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – The St. Louis County Family Court has certified an East St. Louis teen can stand trial as an adult for a murder in Jennings back in January.
According to the St. Louis County Police Department, the murder happened in the early morning hours of Jan. 6, near Emma and Apricot avenues, located along the northeastern edge of Memorial Park Cemetery.
Police found Jaimarcus McDaniel lying face down in the snow in an open field. McDaniel had been shot several times and was pronounced dead at the scene. He was 17.
Homicide detectives said McDaniel was shot twice in the head, once to the left chest, twice in the right shoulder, once to the left shoulder, once to the left thigh, and once to the right forearm.
Investigators learned McDaniel, an East St. Louis resident, was driven across the river and killed. Police reviewed license plate recognition cameras and discovered a vehicle with five individuals in it going from Illinois to Missouri, and that same vehicle returning to Illinois approximately 35 minutes later with four individuals in it.
One juvenile suspect, Corey Brinkley, was certified to stand trial as an adult in August and charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.
Mar’Kevion Lemons, 17, accompanied Brinkley and two other juveniles in the car as they picked McDaniel up from his home, drove him to Jennings, and killed him. On Wednesday, the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Lemons with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.
Brinkley and Lemons both remain jailed on a $1 million cash-only bond.
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