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.
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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.
Uniece Fennell, 16, was found unresponsive in her cell around 3:30 a.m. on March 23, the sheriff’s office said. Her family is requesting an independent investigation.
The body of Sheila Abdus-Salaam, 65, was found floating in the Hudson River near 132nd Street and Hudson Parkway in Manhattan on Wednesday.
Chelsea Hill, 14, was killed in a hit-and-run on May 25, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio.
2-year-old Serenity and 4-day-old Genesis Freeman were found Saturday, March 25, 2017 stabbed to death in a woodsy area of Hoke County, North Carolina. Their father, Tillman Freeman, has been charged with first-degree murder.
Police said a 15-year-old Chicago girl was apparently sexually assaulted by a handful of men or boys -- and the ordeal was broadcast on Facebook Live. Her mother told local media that she just wants to know that her girl is safe.
Alteria Woods, 21, and four months pregnant, was shot and killed Sunday March 19, 2017 when a SWAT team raided a Gifford, Florida home. The sheriff alleges that her boyfriend, who authorities were after, used her as a human shield.
Karlea Renee Thomas, 31, was found dead Friday, March 17, 2017 in her southwest Atlanta home by her 11-year-old daughter. Her boyfriend is being questioned.
Fredzania Thompson, 19, was killed when she was hit by a train during a photoshoot in Navasota, Texas outside Houston. The Blinn College student was engaged and pregnant, according to reports.
Monique Smith, 30, and her three children were all gunned down in their home in the Gentilly area of New Orleans on Friday, March 10, 2017. Police have no suspects.
De'Maree Adkins was shot and killed early Saturday, Feb. 25 2017 after she and her mother were involved in a car accident in Houston, Texas. Police are searching for several suspects.
Chyna Doll Dupree Wilson was shot up to 10 times Saturday, February 25 2017. The slaying happened outside a shopping center. Police have no suspects in the murder.
Wilteeah Jones, a pregnant woman in her 20s, was gunned down Wednesday, February 22, 2017 along with her boyfriend in Chicago. The incident has gotten the attention of President Trump.
Jazzy Kuykendall was shot in the head February 8, 2017 at her College Park, Georgia, home during an argument with her brother. He is charged, but not with murder.
Mary Turner and her unborn child was lynched May 19, 1918 by a mob in Lowndes County, Georgia. Today a historical marker bears the spot of the heinous incident.
Eleven-year-old Takiya Holmes was fatally struck by a stray bullet shot by a gang member on a Chicago street on Saturday, February 11, 2017. Antwan C. Jones is being held in her slaying.
Tanya Fletcher Robinson, 44, was stabbed in the neck by a neighbor during an argument on Valentine's Day outside the residence she shared with her husband. The suspect is in jail.