On February 7, 2025, 23-year-old Alexis Walls was fatally shot multiple times in her home by her common-law husband, Brandon Dickerson, according to Texas police.

Gabryel Ayers was a young mother whose life was cut tragically short, leaving behind a grieving family and a daughter who will grow up without her.

On Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, Monroe, Georgia Police said Teonia Stokes was shot along with another man along G.W. Carver Drive in Monroe. He survived the shooting. 

Joynell Brandon, a 43-year-old Black woman from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, vanished on May 13, 2025, leaving behind a devastated family and a community searching for answers.

Gladys Johnson, a 22-year-old Milwaukee woman who was five months pregnant with a baby boy, was tragically found dead in her family home on Monday night, January 5, 2026. She was also the devoted mother of a 3-year-old daughter.

Lakeisha Malone, a 36-year-old mother, was tragically killed in her Evanston, Ohio, home on December 30, 2025 — just days after Christmas.

Imani Dia Smith, a former Broadway child actress who starred in The Lion King, has died. She was 26.

Smith was found with stab wounds in a residence in Edison, N.J. on Sunday, Dec. 21 after someone reported a stabbing in a 911 call.

Amy Doverspike, 55, was shot and killed on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, at her Maplewood, Minnesota apartment complex.

On Saturday night, November 29, 2025, in Central Falls, R.I., Nayasia Buckss, 19, and a 19-year-old male were found shot in what police described as a targeted incident. Nayasia later died.

Police say Mario Green shot his former spouse, Latricia Green (whose maiden name is Brown), in the basement of Henry Ford Hospital on Aug. 22, 2025.

Lareon "Lay Lay" Brown was the heartbeat of her family—a 26-year-old mother of three who organized joyful reunions, fired up barbecues, and stepped in as the unwavering "rock" when life tested those she loved most.

Smyrna, Georgia authorities are intensifying their investigation after acclaimed poet Olivia Matthews was discovered deceased in her apartment following a devastating fire on September 3, 2025.

Kada Scott, 23, was last seen Oct. 4, 2025, leaving her workplace at an assisted living facility in Philadelphia.

Trinity Staten, 29, a vibrant Black woman from the nearby suburb of Normandy, Missouri, was gunned down early Tuesday morning, October 14, 2025, as she sought escape from a volatile argument with her boyfriend in a rideshare vehicle.

Krystal Lynne Pendergraph, a Portland resident, was found dead inside a vehicle from a gunshot wound on Saturday, October 11, 2025.

Sabrina Walker (Willis) was shot dead on Saturday, October 5, 2025, at a residence in the 7000 block of Littlebrook Way in Douglasville, Georgia. Her husband has been arrested in her slaying.

Carla Lee was shot and killed in front of herEast Oakland home on the evening of  Monday, September 22, 2025. Police are looking for the gunman, who sped off in a white vehicle.

Dacara Thompson, 19, was reported missing on August 23, 2025 in Prince George’s County, Maryland. On Sept. 5, 2025, her body was found. A man has been arrested and charged in her death.

Redaja Williams, 23, was walking her 7-year-old daughter to school in Louisville on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, when she was shot dead on a street corner. Police are searching for a young black male.

Jermia Offutt, 28, was shot and killed on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, in her Chickasaw neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky. The mother of three was four months pregnant with a boy on the way,