Montgomery, Alabama Police say the ex-boyfriend of Detective Tanisha Pughsley, 27, burglarized her home on Monday, July 8, 2020 and allegedly shot her dead.
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Montgomery, Alabama Police say the ex-boyfriend of Detective Tanisha Pughsley, 27, burglarized her home on Monday, July 8, 2020 and allegedly shot her dead.
Shiand miller and her 3-year-old daughter were fatally shot in a parked car on June 18, 2020. Miller was eight months pregnant. A suspect identified as the father of the unborn child has been arrested, according to Baltimore police.
The body of Oluwatoyin "Toyin" Salau, 19, was found near a road in Tallahassee, Florida on June 13, 2020. She had been missing about a week. Salau was a local activist who spoke out for disenfranchised communities, especially black women.
Tamla Horsford, 40, attended an overnight party in Forsyth County, Georgia in November 4, 2018. She died under mysterious circumstances after partygoers found her lying facedown and called 911 the next day.
Shareece Campbell, 30, was a great mother who enjoyed her friends and family in Jackson, Mississippi. O May 15, 2020, she was found with multiple gunshot wounds in her home. Police have arrested her boyfriend.
The bodies of two sisters, 19-year-old Vanita Richardson and 31-year-old Truvenia Campbell were found underneath a bridge in rural Rome, Georgia on May 12, 2020. The murder investigation is ongoing.
Breonna Taylor, 26, was an emergency medical technician who was gunned down by Louisville Metro Police Department officers in a botched raid on March 13, 2020. Her family has filed suit.
On Wednesday, March 25, 2020 26-year-old mother Brittany Irwin of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was shot to death.
Anitra Gunn disappeared on Saturday, February 15, 2020 — Valentines Day — according to her family who tried to contact her repeatedly to no avail. The next day, her family reported her missing.
Angel Conner was a Fort Sill soldier serving her country in Lawton, Oklahoma. The 28-year-old was involved in an altercation with a man on early Saturday, January 18, 2020.
Monique Baugh, 28, was found bound in an alley with gunshot wounds to her body and face on New Year’s Eve 2019 in Minneapolis. Police have arrested a felon in the case.
Sahlena Blackwell-Jacobs, a mother of two, was found dead in her husband’s black Chevy Trailblazer on a freeway in Williamstown, New Jersey on Thursday, December 19, 2019. Her husband is charged with murder.
LyAsya McKinnon, 20, was shot and killed in a Scotland County, North Carolina home on Dec. 22, 2019.
Quintina Jeffries, 29, was shot to death in a Benton Harbor, Michigan home on December 8, 2019. Her boyfriend, who police said shot her, killed himself days later.
Madisyn White-Carroll, 19, was found shot to death in her car in East Oakland, California on Dec. 10, 2019.
Destiny was the owner of the Madam D collection and worked at a beauty shop in Baltimore. Police are asking for anyone to come forward if they have information.
Raven B. Gant, 27, was shot to death on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019, Thanksgiving Night in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Police have arrested a 41-year-old man.
Chauntelle Bernard, 42, of League City, Texas, was shot dead on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019, Thanksgiving Day. Her husband has been arrested and charged with murder.
Essence Derouen, 21, was fatally shot outside a North Houston nightclub on March 19, 2017. No one has been sent to prison for her murder.
Shoni Sanders was fatally shot in the chest as she answered the door to her home on Thursday, November 7, 2019.