Brother says SLMPD dropped the ball on fatal hit-and-run case, 3 years later
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - James Chandler and his family are grieving the loss of Damian Moore.
He was hit and killed near Goodfellow Boulevard and Sherry Avenue around 11:30 p.m. on February 20, 2022.
It has been three years since that horrible night, and Moore’s brother, James Chandler has not stopped fighting to find out the truth.
Chandler tells First Alert 4, “It’s not our job as a grieving family to get out here and do your job.”
Moore’s family claims it was a botched investigation by SLMPD. In addition to initially reporting a woman was hit, police also reported the suspected vehicle was a Pontiac Grand Prix.
Police later said the person was driving a Chevy, Images of the car in question weren’t made public until our request in 2022.
“Afterwards, we never got in touch with nobody, nobody never got in touch with us,” says Chandler. “This case hasn’t been assigned to nobody. ”
First Alert 4 reached out to SLMPD to find out why and learned District 6 detectives were assigned to the case in 2022.
SLMPD told First Alert 4:
“District 6 Detectives did respond to the original scene and were assigned this case in 2022. They followed several leads, including locating surveillance footage, which was disseminated internally and to the public. The detectives did stay in with the victim’s next of kin; however, after several s with no significant updates, it became clear to detectives that it was adding to the family’s suffering. After several months, the case went cold. The detectives assigned to this case in 2022 are no longer with the District 6 Bureau, and the common practice with cold cases being reassigned is that it would be done so when additional information about the case is received. That being said, after the brother spoke to the detective at North Patrol, they found some details that warrant putting fresh eyes on the case. When the brother left the station, he provided two phone numbers to the detective. The detective tried calling both numbers a few hours later and did not receive an answer or a callback.”
Chandler claims investigators didn’t his family.
He says he spoke with one of the officers on the scene after his brother died earlier this week.
“I didn’t have to refresh his memory for him to tell me what his opinion was that day,” says Chandler.
He tells First Alert 4, “Something strange, something suspicious went on on that sidewalk for my little brother to be laying on the street.”
According to Chandler, he never received a call from SLMPD after visiting North Patrol.
SLMPD is encouraging anyone with information about this case to CrimeStoppers.
Chandler hopes the department and community will come together to help bring the family closure saying, “I had to get out here in the streets and find out what was going on for you guys to do your job.”
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