The news stories we read are oftentimes discarded and pushed aside by the 24-hour news cycle. But we refuse to throw these people away. These are real people. Here are their stories.
Denise Williams, 56, was shot and killed Oct. 18, 2017 when she stopped at a red light and a gunman walked up to her and opened fire in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Police have no suspects.
Shawneez Carter, 26, of Camden was killed on September 23, 2017 while house-sitting in New Jersey. A $5,000 reward is being offered for information in the slaying.
Teqnika Moultrie, 30, of San Carlos, California was fatally wounded in July 2016 when a gunman opened fire on a crowd in downtown Austin, Texas. Endicott McCray, 24, has been arrested in the slaying.
Davisha Harris, 19, was allegedly gunned down by her new boyfriend at some apartments in Lamar County, Mississippi on October 15, 2017. Police have charged him with murder.
Simone McKay, 26, was gunned down outside her home close to midnight on October 15, 2017. Police have no suspects in the case, but a neighbor believes the mother of two was targeted.
Kenneka Martin, 19, was found dead in a walk-in freezer at a Chicago hotel on September 10, 2017. She had been out with her girlfriends.
The body of Audrey M. Scott, a 28-year-old mother, was found recently by Wisconsin authorities. Scott was last seen at a Milwaukee bar on July 3, 2017.
Jeannine Shante Skinner, 35, a professor at UNC Charlotte, was found dead in an apartment in Charlotte, North Carolina on Friday. Police are looking for 45-year-old Donny Lewis Franklin in the murder.
Karen Turner, 33, a Richmond, Virginia entrepreneur, was found shot to death inside an apartment building on August 24, 2017. A pregnant woman who got into a confrontation with Turner is being questioned by police.
The body of 19-year-old Tierra Bryant was found last week in a 4-foot hole in the ground in Elyria, Ohio, prosecutors said. A Sacramento, California man who allegedly was last seen with her is charged in her death.
Erica Denise Powel, 46, was found shot to death in her Snellville, Georgia home on Friday, July 21, 2017. Her husband is being sought by police.
Khaya Lambert, 23, was viciously killed on June 21, 2017 in Baltimore. Her boyfriend, William Mason, has been charged with first-degree murder.
Abbiegail Smith, 11, was found stabbed to death Thursday morning, july 13, 2017 wrapped in blanket or comforter near the apartment building where she lived in Keansburg. An 18-year-old neighbor has been charged in the murder.
Breanna Walker, 24, was shot and killed in her car on Thursday, July 13, 2017 in Orlando minutes after dropping her daughter off at the babysitter. Police have no suspects.
Tekeila Calloway, 25, was found shot to death July 5 near a high school in DeKalb County Georgia. Police have no leads in the case.
La'Diamond Meyers was found naked and dead in a Detroit home on June 30, 2017. Police allege her abusive boyfriend stabbed her repeatedly in front of her four children. Meyers was pregnant.
Jawanda Johnson was shot up to six times in front of her three children by her estranged husband on June 22, 2017. Johnson was nearly six months pregnant. Her husband, Terrell Cook, was found days later dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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.
