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Photos: 'Golden Birthday' celebrated for 14-year-old murder victim Kathon Terrell Moore Jr. celebrated in St. Louis
Family and friends released balloons on what would have been the "golden birthday" -- the 18th birthday of Kathon Terrell Moore, Jr., who was born on the 18th day of the month -- on Monday, March 18, 2024, in Tower Grove Park. Moore was murdered on March 8, 2021, when he was 14.
Enysha Brown, 7, left, and Kylie Smith, 8, watch as balloons rise into the sky during a “Golden Birthday” celebration in Tower Grove Park for their cousin, Kathon Terrell Moore Jr., Monday night, March 18, 2024 on what would have been Moore’s 18th birthday. Last week, prosecutors charged two men with murdering the 14-year-old in 2021 by throwing him from his bicycle and shooting him in the head before stealing his marijuana.
American Dean, holds the number 8 balloon at a "Golden 18th Birthday" balloon release for her son Kathon Terrell Moore Jr. on Monday, March 18, 2024, in Tower Grove Park. Family and friends gathered to remember Moore, who was murdered on March 8, 2021, when he was only 14 years old. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, [email protected]
American Dean, right, plays a video her son explaining how he made hole in the wall at a "Golden 18th Birthday" balloon release for her son Kathon Terrell Moore Jr. on Monday, March 18, 2024, in Tower Grove Park. To the left is his cousin De'Shea Gray. Family and friends gathered to remember Moore, who was murdered on March 8, 2021, when he was only 14 years old. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, [email protected]
American Dean, center, records as balloons rise into the sky at a "Golden 18th Birthday" balloon release for her son Kathon Terrell Moore Jr. on Monday, March 18, 2024, in Tower Grove Park. Family and friends gathered to remember Moore, who was murdered on March 8, 2021, when he was only 14 years old. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, [email protected]
"Blue was his favorite color," said Doris Finley, who attends a "Golden 18th Birthday" balloon release for her grandson Kathon Terrell Moore Jr. on Monday, March 18, 2024, in Tower Grove Park. Family and friends gathered to remember Moore, who was murdered on March 8, 2021, when he was only14 years old. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, [email protected]
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Police said the charges came because the new administration at the St. Louis prosecutor's office took a fresh look at the case and "opinions changed."