VerNea Watson was 23 and worked as a home health care provider. She was the oldest of five siblings and remembered by family and friends as sweet, generous, and outspoken with a buoyant, outgoing personality.

On a late Sunday night in early November 2015, VerNea was a passenger in a car in south Kansas City near Hillcrest and Bannister roads. Just after 10 p.m., several gunshots rang out and a bullet struck her in the head. The driver said he did not see other vehicles or people nearby and immediately drove to a nearby residence to call for help. VerNea died of her injuries on the following Tuesday, becoming Kansas City’s 88th homicide victim of the year.

No suspects have been publicly identified in the shooting. Does anyone who lived or traveled near Hillcrest and Bannister that night have information that could help the investigation?