Trans woman Darri Moore found dead along the Mississippi River

Darri Moore was a 23-year-old Black transgender woman from St. Louis. On May 1, her body was found near a quarry on the Mississippi River, 60 miles away from St. Louis in St. Genevieve, a town in Missouri.

Local television station KMOV reported that the cause of death has not yet been determined because of how much her body had decomposed. However, police do not believe she died because of foul play. Her family members are pressing for more answers and insist that Moore did not die by suicide.

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“[Darri] was funny, smart, talented, kind but most of all very loved,” Moore’s family said on a GoFundMe page raising money for Moore’s burial costs.

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Moore was found by employees at the quarry, Tower Rock Stone. A friend, Izzy Baker, told KMOV that Moore “was not by herself. She loved herself too much to walk out on that river.”

“Somebody knows and they’re not telling us. I just pray and hope that someone comes forward to tell us what happened,” she added.

Baker told the TV station FOX2NOW that Moore had “always just been a confident person. She loved herself. She loved people around her.” Baker and Moore grew up together.

Moore had no wallet or I.D. when she was found and was identified through her fingerprints, according to sheriff’s detectives. A private pathologist said they did not find any signs of trauma but are still awaiting toxicology reports. Because there was no missing person’s report, investigators are seeking tips from the public to find out where and when Moore was last seen alive.

“We also want to find the answers for the family because they need to have that closure as well, because right now, the family is unknown on how the individual is deceased and what happened there, and it would be great to get that information for them,” Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff Major Jason Schott told FOX2NOW. “We’ll try to follow those leads until we can get that information.”

Moore’s mother, Melinda Jones, is adamant that her daughter’s death was not a suicide.

“I can’t see my baby just walking into a river. That’s not acceptable,” Jones said.

Anyone with information that will aid the investigation is asked to call the St. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Office at (573) 883-5820 or offer an anonymous tip through CrimeStoppers at (866) 371-8477.

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