Pre - investigation : Ferguson police suspect Darren Wilson disappeared for almost four months . He shot and killed Michael Brown , an unarmed black man , in Ferguson on August 9 . No charges were filed against Wilson ; prosecutors instead took the case to a grand jury . A judge recently gave the grand jury until January 7 to decide if Wilson should be charged .
Post-Dispatch : Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson testifies for almost four hours . Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown , an unarmed black teen , in Ferguson on August 9 . No charges were filed against Wilson ; prosecutors instead took the case to a grand jury . A judge recently gave the grand jury until January 7 to decide if Wilson should be charged .