Alana Sims, 23, was found dead next to her SUV in a residential street in Tampa Bay, Florida, on Monday, January 30, 2023. Her sleeping son was found in the vehicle unharmed.
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Alana Sims, 23, was found dead next to her SUV in a residential street in Tampa Bay, Florida, on Monday, January 30, 2023. Her sleeping son was found in the vehicle unharmed.
Jersey City officers responded to her apartment around 7 a.m. on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, where they found Temara King, 35, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. She died at the hospital.
When Kayla Kelley, 33, of McKinney, Texas went missing on January 11, 2023. Her body was found days later in a remote area. Her boyfriend has been charged with murder.
Jamea Harris, 23, was fatally shot around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 15, 2023, while inside of a car a short distance from the University of Alabama.
Maya Smith, 23, was found shot to death in her vehicle on early Sunday morning on January 8, 2023 in Joilet, Illinois, just outside Chicago. Her 2-year-old daughter was found in the backseat unharmed.
Charon Mayo of Buckeye, Arizona, was shot to death in the early hours of Tuesday, January 17, 2023, in her home. Her husband has been charged.
Kyla O'Neal, 31, a nine-months pregnant Minnesota woman, was shot and killed outside an Amazon fulfillment center in Lakeville, Minnesota on Sunday, January 8, 2023. A man she was romantically linked to has been arrested and charged in her death.
Hazel Reese, affectionately known as “Nene,” was shot and killed on Saturday, December 24, 2022 at a Brookhaven, Georgia motel. She was killed one day before her birthday.
Tracie Golden, 53, was fatally shot on Detroit’s west side about 10:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022. Local police said that the gunman shot Golden in her midsection and stole her car as well as other valuables.
Mya Kelly, 23, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was shot to death on Saturday, December 25, 2022 in a home. Police are still investigating.
The body of Denise Middleton, 26, was found inside a Silver Spring, Maryland apartment on December 8, 2022. She had been shot “many, many times,” according to law enforcement.
Courtney Owens, 34, was shot to death on the afternoon of Friday, December 9, 2022 at Royal Court Motors in Snellville, Georgia, where she worked.
Jadee Turner, 32, of Houston, Texas, was fatally shot in the head about 2:15 a.m. on Thursday, December 15, 2022, by her ex-boyfriend, who then turned the gun on himself.
Fresno police said that N-Kya Rebecca Logan, 26, was stabbed to death and set on fire by her brother. Logan was eight months pregnant.
Khalilah Brister, 25, and Tyrielle Jefferson, 7, were found dead on Thursday, December 8, 2022, in a vehicle submerged in Milwaukee's Northridge Lake.
Yolanda Dillion, 54, of Marrero, Louisiana, was stabbed to death on Thursday, December 7, 2022, after giving a ride to a man through the Uber app.
Around 11 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, Laila Harris, 15, was shot and killed when someone opened fire at a high school birthday party in Clayton County, Georgia.
The bodies of Destiny Wiggins, 24, a mother of four, and Devone Brown, 28, were found in a car on December 1, 2022. Two children of Wiggins were also found unharmed in the back seat. Police have made an arrest.
The body of Keniqua King, 28, was found in a field in Rosharon, Texas, on Tuesday, November 29, 2022. Her boyfriend lost his life in a car crash the day before, Police are investigating.
The body of Adrianna Kiri Taylor, 23, of Cleveland, Ohio, was found on Thursday, November 24, 2022 in the backyard of a home in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, according to police. She had been shot.