Shooter avoids prison after testifying in trial of teen found dead in St. Louis County field
Trash accumulates around stone traffic barriers that sit in a field near Apricot and Emma avenues in Jennings on Thursday, June 18, 2026, where the body of Jaimarcus McDaniel, 17, from East St. Louis, was found in January 2024. CLAYTON — A man who testified against his co-defendant in a June murder trial pleaded guilty Thursday and avoided prison time. Louis the week of Aug. 9, 2026 through the Post-Dispatch photographers' lenses.