Shantae Nicole Hill-Cook, 33, was shot to death in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Southridge Drive in Jefferson City, Missouri, on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2019. A certified medical technician and a mother, she had attended Fulton High School, Moberly Area Community College and Columbia College. She sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was found by Jefferson City police after a call from the scene.

The investigation focused on 27-year-old Torry Andre Upchurch, who had been in a romantic relationship with Hill-Cook for a few months. A witness reported an argument between the couple immediately before the shooting; Upchurch reportedly fled in Hill-Cook’s car. Earlier that evening Upchurch had fatally shot 17-year-old Earle Key Jr. at an apartment on West McCarty Street.

Upchurch walked into the Jefferson City Police Department later that day with blood on his clothes and reportedly confessed to both killings. He was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, later pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder, and was sentenced by Cole County Circuit Judge Cotton Walker to two consecutive life sentences.

If anyone knew Shantae Hill-Cook or has information about what happened that night, please come forward.