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.
Desiree Gibbon, 26, of Queens, New York was found slain on a roadside in Jamaica in November 2017. The aspiring model was on the island nation looking for work.
Sable Pickett, 19, vanished off the streets of Orange County, California on Valentine's Day 2014. While police listed her as a missing person, a serial killer confessed to murdering her.
Tanganica Wallis, 27, was fatally shot in the head on December 27, 2017 during an argument with her mother's ex-boyfriend in New Orleans. The man's sister is accused of shooting Wallis.
The badly bruised body of Asia Wade, 30, lingered with her children for at least one day before relatives discovered the Nashville-area woman in July 2010. Police are looking for boyfriend, who has ties to Arkansas.
Shemel Mercurius, 16, was gunned down in her Flatbush home in June 2016 by a gunman wielding a sub-machine gun. Police arrested a 24-year-old man in the murder.
Kiah Hopson, 24, was gunned down outside her Sterling Heights, Michigan apartment on Saturday, Dec. 9 2017. Police have no suspects.
Thirty-three-year-old Tamika Trimble's body was found in a car after authorities responded to a shots fired call about 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, 2017. Her 1-year-old daughter survived despite the car being hit with multiple bullets.
The body of Sabriya McLean, 15, of Delaware was found outside a Philadelphia apartment after she met up with a man from Facebook, police said. Her body had been stabbed and burned.
Kaylin Simone Cole, 21, was gunned down Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 while sitting inside a car in Indianapolis. Authorities are calling the slaying a "domestic" situation.
LaKandria Rush, 34, was shot to death by a gunman who pulled up beside the SUV she was sitting in on Oct. 27, 2017. The mother of four was pronounced dead shortly after.
Ashanti Billie, 19, vanished from a Virginia naval base on her way to work in mid-September. Her body was found Sept. 29 300 miles away in Charlotte, North Carolina. A homeless veteran who told a law enforcement informant that he hated black women has been arrested in her slaying.
Krystle Landor, a 28-year-old mother of three, is dead after being fatally shot by her boyfriend, who took his own life as well on Nov. 6, 2017, Louisiana law enforcement said.
22-year-old Rah-Zhane Lee and 24-year-old Shaniquah Richardson were out late on Halloween, when they were shot to death. Police are offering a $10,000 reward in the case.
Erneisha Barnes, 19, a mother of a 4-year-old girl, was gunned own Oct. 26, 2017 outside a Baton Rouge business. Police have no suspects.
Airiyuanna Burston, 21, was shot and killed Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 while riding in an SUV with her boyfriend and his cousin. The cousin has been charged in her death.
Elizabeth Kennedy, 36, was stabbed to death Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017 during an altercation involving her ex-boyfriend. Kennedy's 13-year-old daughter witnessed the slaying.
Laquesha "Quebaby" Holmes, 33, was shot 12 times by a gunman in what is being called a "domestic situation" in Chicago. The slaying is still being investigated.
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.
