On the late evening of October 3, 2015, 32-year-old Marquita Wimms was found with a gunshot wound inside her car after it crashed into an apartment building on the 1900 block of Rochelle Avenue in District Heights, Maryland. She was transported to a hospital but was pronounced dead during transport; an autopsy confirmed a gunshot wound to the head and ruled the death a homicide.

Investigators identified 29-year-old Joseph Poteat as the primary suspect. Charging documents say Poteat, a friend of Wimms for about a year, was in the front passenger seat that night and allegedly produced a 9mm semi-automatic handgun and shot Wimms once in the head. A witness reported seeing a man exit the car and flee on foot and later identified Poteat from a police photo lineup. The firearm was recovered on the passenger-side floorboard.

Poteat turned himself in after authorities announced he was wanted and was charged with murder and related counts. The jury found him guilty of first-degree murder and using a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence; he received life plus 20 years. Does anyone have information about Wimms’s movements that night or knew about her connection to Poteat?