Miami police say that Jackisha Bayard's boyfriend lured her out of her home on Friday, June 30, 2017 and opened fire on her. Gregory Brown Jr., 22, is being held on murder charges.
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Miami police say that Jackisha Bayard's boyfriend lured her out of her home on Friday, June 30, 2017 and opened fire on her. Gregory Brown Jr., 22, is being held on murder charges.
Shantee Nakhid, 24, was brutally murdered, set on fire and stuffed into a garbage bag on May 9, 2017. A suspect, Nelson Quinones, has been arrested in her slaying.
Ashley Geddes was found murdered in her Kansas City, Mo. townhome on June 1, 2017, one day before her 25th birthday. Police have no suspects. "She was a good, cool person. I don't understand why this is happening," friend Tashaya Warfield told local media. There are no suspects.
The body of 13-year-old Shavon Randle, who disappeared Wednesday and was feared to be kidnapped, was found Sunday, July 2, 2017 by federal investigators in an abandoned building in south Dallas, officials said. The investigation is not over, authorities are looking for one more person of interest.
Bianca Roberson, 18, was shot in the head on Wednesday, June 26, 2017, on her way home in a "cat-and-mouse" road rage incident in Chester County, Pennsylvania, authorities say. A nationwide manhunt for a white man with blonde or light-colored hair is underway.
Raven "Rave" Lemons was shot and killed early Sunday, June 18, 2017 celebrating her birthday in downtown Chicago. A car pulled up to Lemons and a group of friends and opened fire. Police have no suspects.
On Sunday, June 18, 2017, Charleena Lyles was shot to death by two Seattle police officers, who responded to her call about an attempted burglary at her apartment. Police said that Lyles brandished a knife.
Britney Seymour, 21, was stabbed to death Thursday, June 15, 2017 on Decatur Street in New Orleans' French Quarter by a group of girls, including her cousin, witnesses told police.
Twenty-four-year-old Aysia Chambers, who recently completed graduate school from Buffalo State University, was found dead in her family's home on June 2, 2-17. An official cause of death is forthcoming from the medical examiner.
New York police said that Aaliyah Alder, 21, was shot in the head during a dispute in a Bronx stairwell. A friend of her girlfirend, Devaughn Johnson, 22, has been charged with murder.
Harmony Warfield, 7, was shot and killed by her 2-year-old cousin on June 6, 2017, police said. The shooting happened in an apartment complex in Nashville. Police are searching for a 27-year-old man who was at the residence at the time, but fled.
Sidni Dalcour, 25, was found dead on May 18 at a new Orleans East apartment complex. She had been sot multiple times behind the wheel of her car. The engine was still running when first responders showed up to the scene.
Tyvitta Dischler, 27, was found burned and shot in her Milwaukee home after police responded to a child abuse call. Her 5-year-son was also hospitalized. Her estranged husband is in jail.
Manei Glover, 22, was shot and killed in front of her father's home in Trenton, New Jersey on Thursday, May 25, 2017. An autopsy has revealed that Glover was pregnant. Her killers remain at large.
Tynesia Cephas, 16, was killed Wednesday, April 26, while trying to break up a fight in Wilmington, Delaware. Police have no suspects.
Shyeanne Lewis, 23, was found on April 22, 2017 after deputies forced their way into her apartment on College Court; she died from upper-body "trauma," police say. Her boyfriend is being held in her slaying.
On March 26, 2017, police say Allen D. Cashe opened fire on 35-year-old Latina Herring outside a Sanford, Florida gas station, killing her, and wounding her father and her boys, ages 7 and 8.
Kenyatta McCurry, 33, was found dead in the 3000 block of S. Michigan Street on March 12. Gregory Jones is charged in her slaying. McCurry was allegedly pregnant with Jones' child.
On Thursday, April 13, 2017, sisters Kendall Brown, 27, and Kayla Brown, 19, were gunned down outside the elder sibling's Hickory Hill home in the 3800 block of Shallow Wood Court. Kendall's husband has been charged with murder. He said that he caught his wife cheating and "blacked out."
Jennifer Renee Smith, 34, was found dead Wednesday, April 12, 2017, in her Charlotte home. A man she was romantically involved with,Leroy “Jay” Anthony Cooper III, has been arrested in her slaying.