Trinity Gay, the 15-year-old daughter, of Olympic track star Tyson Gay, was shot in the neck early Sunday, October 16, 2016 on the streets of Lexington, Kentucky.
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.
Trinity Gay, the 15-year-old daughter, of Olympic track star Tyson Gay, was shot in the neck early Sunday, October 16, 2016 on the streets of Lexington, Kentucky.
Martha "Sheree" Bryant, 30, was gunned down in her Birmingham, Alabama, home by her boyfriend on October 11, 2016. The man then got inside his car and killed himself.
Vanessa Bobo, 29, was set to marry Roderick Harris, 32, on July 1, 2017. Now she's dead, executing in front of her two children on October 11, 2016. Harris is charged with murder.
Nicole Wallace, 31, a mother of two, was found dead inside a burning Camaro on Monday, October 10, 2016 in Wylam, Alabama. Her ex-husband is charged with murder.
Angela Rabotte, 26, was a mother to 3-year-old Sharon when she was killed execution-style by Charles Outlaw on March 29, 2014. Outlaw was convicted on August 17, 2016.
Chirrelle Scott, 29, was gunned down in traffic on October 11, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina. There are no suspects.
Julia Martin, 27, was fatally stabbed by her ex-boyfriend when he forced his way into her apartment. She was trying to give him back an engagement ring. The boyfriend committed suicide by jumping to his death from her balcony.
A Michigan woman is dead after being shot and killed by her husband in her Macomb County home on October 1, 2016, according to police. The couple's 16-year-old son, who was in the home, is unharmed.
Deasia Washington, 23, was shot and killed at a house party in Kingstown, North Carolina on October 9, 2016. Police have no suspects.
Latasha Rucker, 36, was found in Texas woods in Liberty County in August 2016. A man she was involved with has been charged with murder.
Adrianna Mayes, 21, was shot and killed in front of her daughter in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood on October 3, 2016.
Alisia Dieudonne was a 19 year-old North Carolina college student who was shot dead October 3, 2016 near North Carolina A&T State University.
Timea Batts, 11, was shot dead on the first day of school in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Her father is charged with murder.
Twenty-three-year-old Jackie Dogen, a mother of four young children, was shot and killed September 14, 2016 by her ex-boyfriend, according to Childersburg, Alabama police. The man, who is the father of the kids, is charged with murder.
Deneisha Smith, 27, was apparently strangled to death by her boyfriend, a married father of four, in a bloody fight caught on security camera October 1, 2016 in a New York electronics store.
Thirty-one-year-old LaJoya McCoy of Monrovia, California was found in her car with a rope around her neck on June 15, 2015. Police arrested her ex-boyfriend, the father of her two kids, in the slaying.
Asia McGowan, 20, was shot and killed April 10, 2009 after a stalker cornered her in an empty classroom at Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn, Michigan.
Koi, 6, and Keliegh Green, 4, were slaughtered along with their older siblings, Chadney, Allen, 19, and Kara Allen, 17, in their home September 21, 2016 by the man of the house, Gregory Green, their father. Only the mother of the children, Faith Green, survived.
Stoni Ann Blair, 13, and her brother Stephen Berry, 8, were found dead in the freezer of their Detroit home in March 2015. Their mother, Michelle Blair, 36, was sentenced to life in prison.