Sayra Barros, 8, was killed after being beaten by her stepmother in their Gwinnett County, Georgia, home, according to law enforcement. Her father and stepmother have been charged with murder.

Shakeia Allen. 27, was shot to death in broad daylight in the parking lot of a Baltimore apartment complex on Sunday, April 21, 2024. Police are investigating her murder.

Aseelah Mohammed, 41, was pronounced dead on Thursday, December 27, 2023, after her body was found wrapped in a quilt at a homeless shelter. Police have said she died from a drug overdose, but the family contends she was murdered.

Sade Robinson, 19, vanished on April 1, 2024 after going on a first date with a man in Milwaukee. Her dismembered body was found days later in different parts of the metro area. The man has been arrested.

Lo-Letha Hall, 61, succumbed to gunshot wounds after being shot three times by William Brock, an 81-year-old homeowner who thought she was linked to an attempted scam, Ohio police say.

Arianna Murphy, 19, was fatally shot early Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024, on the West side of Chicago. Police have yet to make an arrest.

Tatyana Cooks, 30, was strangled and put inside a suitcase outside her townhome in Woodbridge, Virginia. Police found her body on March 22, 2024. Her baby’s father has been charged.

Samyia Spain, 19, was stabbed to death in the early hours of Sunday, March 17, 2024, after refusing the advance of a stranger outside a bodega in Brooklyn.

Marayana Rodgers, 23, was found dead in a desert area of Henderson, Nevada on December 15, 2023. Two people — a sex worker and her former NBA G-League boyfriend — have been arrested in connection to her slaying.

Law enforcement in Rensselaer, New York, say Josefina Catherine Cunningham, 3, was killed on July 7, 2023. A 33-year-old man has been charged with murder.

Kuvina Hickles, 28, was shot to death on Saturday, February 10, 2024 in Milwaukee. Her boyfriend has been questioned by police.

Paula Appleberry, 54, was fatally shot on Sunday, February 4, 2024 while driving her grandchildren from a birthday party in Memphis.

29-year-old Danielle Banks's body was found December 9, 2023 in the suburban Chicago city of Riverdale, Illinois. Three people have been charged in connection with her murder.

Britney Long, 27, was a mother of four who was fatally shot in the head while lying in bed at her home in Indianapolis on Saturday, January 6, 2024.

Keera Brabham, 29, was found dead in an apartment fire about 3:30 a.,. on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. Her family believes she was murdered. An investigation has been launched.

Jemeka Williams, 38, was shot to death on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023, in front of three of her children. Her boyfriend, and father of one of her children, has been arrested on a murder charge.

Shakeira Yvonne Rucker, 37, of Winter Springs, Florida, was last seen at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, leaving her home. Her body was found two weeks later in a storage unit.

Four black women/girls are murdered every day in the United States.If we omit the fatalities, multiple scientific studies have concluded that black women endure higher rates of murder, rape, racism and domestic abuse. 

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Tonyetta Loveless was found dead around noon on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, at a Baton Rouge apartment complex one day after she turned 42 years old.

Keisha Marie White died in spring 2014 after being admitted to a hospital in Greenville, North Carolina, due to experiencing some serious lupus complications. Her kidneys failed and she was in acute renal failure.

Margaret "Maggie" Mbitu, 31, of Whitman, Massachusetts was found stabbed to death in a parking garage outside Logan Airport. Her boyfriend, who boarded a flight to Kenya, is wanted for murder.