On the morning of February 29, 1996, 15-year-old Kyunia Taylor, a freshman at Beaumont High School in Saint Louis, was shot and killed while riding a school bus for students with disabilities. She was six months pregnant at the time; doctors performed an emergency Caesarean section and delivered her daughter, Diamond, who died 23 days later after suffering oxygen deprivation following Kyunia’s death.

Investigators determined the pregnancy involved Kyunia’s 31-year-old teacher, Mark Boyd. Prosecutors say Boyd hired 23-year-old Malik Nettles and paid him about $4,000 to kill Kyunia because he feared consequences from the relationship and the possibility the baby would be born with disabilities. Both men were arrested for their roles. Boyd was charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action and was later found guilty and given a sentence of at least 23 years. Nettles was tried separately; his first trial ended with a hung jury and he was convicted at a second trial, receiving six consecutive life sentences.

Does anyone have additional information about Kyunia’s life or the bus route that morning that could help fill gaps in the timeline?