Shaquille Pertelle was 19 when she was shot dead in her Conway, South Carolina mobile home in the early morning hours of November 8, 2011. Police responding around 3 a.m. found the front door forced open and Pertelle inside with a fatal gunshot wound. She was living with her boyfriend, Rodney McElveen, and a cousin was also in the home at the time.

Prosecutors said three men planned to rob McElveen and that Pertelle was killed because she could identify the intruders; she reportedly knew one of the suspects through his girlfriend. A cousin in the house testified that he heard the front door kicked in, his cousin scream McElveen’s name, then two gunshots and intruders demanding to know the location of something. The defense for two defendants argued McElveen accidentally fired the fatal .357-caliber round, a type of gun he owned.

A jury convicted Carnail Marchindla Graham and Thomas Booker James of murder; both received 32-year sentences after deliberating more than six hours. Kier Lamont Johnson, identified as the getaway driver, pleaded guilty to criminal conspiracy, had the murder charge dismissed in exchange for his testimony, and was sentenced to one year of probation.

Did anyone who knew Shaquille or who lived in Conway at the time hear or see anything that night?