04/03/1999 - Report #310 - Victims: Umeshkumar P. Patel and John Proctor - Location: Cahokia, IL

MCS Report #310

Classification: Homicide

Requesting Agency:  Cahokia Police Department

Date of Activation: 04/03/1999

Commander and Department: Capt. James Stover, O’Fallon PD

Deputy Report Officer and Department: Sgt. Ted Beatty, St. Clair County Sheriff’s Dept

Victims: Umeshkumar P. Patel and John Proctor

Suspect(s): Unknown

The Cahokia Police Department requested the assistance of the Major Case Squad in investigating the deaths of Patel Umeshkumar, and J. Proctor. At approximately 10:30pm, police officers responded to the Lotto Liquor Store (3321 Mississippi Ave) for a report of a robbery and double homicide. There officers located Umeshkumar Patel (age 31) and John Proctor (age 58). They had both been shot and killed.

The suspect was described as a black male, 5’8” - 5’9”, 150 pounds, wearing a red ski mask, red short-sleeved t-shirt with writing on the front, and baggy, light-colored blue jeans. It is believed the suspect fled to the area of Vieux Carre Drive in East St. Louis.

If anybody has information in this case, please contact CrimeStoppers at 866-371-TIPS (8477).