Crime

East St. Louis man charged with murder, remains at large

An East St. Louis man remains at large after being charged by the St. Clair County State’s Attorney with first-degree murder.

Dandre C. Cotton is accused in the shooting death of Demarkus Coleman on April 19, according to charging documents. He also is charged with a count of being felon in possession of a firearm because he had previously been convicted of felony forgery.

Police are releasing few details about the investigation.

Carolyn Smith
Belleville News-Democrat
Carolyn P. Smith has worked for the Belleville News-Democrat since 2000 and currently covers breaking news in the metro-east. She graduated from the Journalism School at the University of Missouri at Columbia and says news is in her DNA. Support my work with a digital subscription
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