St. Louis Major Case Squad Investigations

MCS Report #235

Classification: Homicide

Requesting Agency: Jennings Police Department

Date of Activation: 01/18/1994

Commander and Department: Lt. Ed Robertson, Ferguson PD

Deputy Report Officer and Department: Det. Mark Ehrhard, St. Charles City PD

Victim: Daillobe Diop Marshall

Suspects: Julian McClain and Danny W. Gillespie

The Jennings Police Department requested the assistance of the Major Case Squad in investigating the death of Daillobe Marshall. At approximately 3:57pm, police officers responded to the 7000 block of Emma Avenue for a report of a bloody person lying in the backseat of a gray 1990 Buick Skylark. When officers arrived on scene, they located Daillobe Marshall (age 21) lying in the backseat of the car. He had been beaten, shot, and strangled. He was pronounced dead on scene.

As a result of this investigation, Julian McClain (age 44) and Danny Gillespie (age 40) were each charged with Murder 1st Degree in the death of Daillobe. They were both arrested on no-bond warrants.

"Squad Membership is Regarded Not Only as a Honor, but as an Opportunity. It is Police Work at its Purest."

- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sunday, March 7, 1982

MAJOR CASE SQUAD OF GREATER ST. LOUIS
1700 N Hwy 67
Florissant, Missouri 63031
(314) 831-7000
ST. LOUIS REGIONAL CRIMESTOPPERS
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The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization supporting multi-agency homicide investigations across the St. Louis region.
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