On the morning of Sunday, May 3, 2015, the bodies of 15-year-old Tahnaizja Smith and her 20-year-old sister Antquonette Hale were found in a vacant lot in the 3000 block of North Vandeventer Avenue in St. Louis. Police responded just after midnight after witnesses reported hearing gunshots and located the two sisters lying in the field; both had been fatally shot. Tahnaizja sustained multiple gunshot wounds to her face, arm, and chest, while Antquonette was shot in the back and both were pronounced dead at the scene.

The sisters, residents of north St. Louis County, were remembered by family as happy and loving, though their grandmother said they had been hanging out with the wrong crowd. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said investigators had no information about a suspect or suspects and could not immediately determine a motive. St. Louis Regional Crime Stoppers highlighted the case and offered a reward for information leading to an arrest.

The double homicide remains open and unsolved. Does anyone have information about Tahnaizja or Antquonette, their activities in spring 2015, or the area around North Vandeventer Avenue that might help investigators?