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.
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.
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.
