Karlyn Serane Ramirez, a 24-year-old U.S. Army soldier stationed at Fort Meade, was found shot to death in her Severn, Maryland townhouse on August 25, 2015. Her five-month-old daughter was alive in her arms. Investigators reported the scene had been staged to suggest a sexual assault as a deliberate deception.

Suspicion later focused on her estranged husband, Army Sergeant Maliek Kearney, then stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and his girlfriend, Dolores Delgado. According to the case account, Kearney drove Delgado’s car from South Carolina to Maryland the night of August 24, 2015, used gas cans so he would not stop for fuel, entered Ramirez’s home, shot her three times, staged the scene and returned to be on duty the next morning while Delgado remained at his apartment to help create an alibi.

Both Kearney and Delgado were arrested and indicted by a federal grand jury in October 2016 for crossing state lines to commit domestic violence resulting in death. Delgado pleaded guilty, admitting she provided the murder weapon, her car, and helped dispose of evidence, and later testified about her role. Kearney was convicted by a federal jury of the murder and sentenced to life without parole; Delgado received a 17-year sentence.

If anyone knew Karlyn, her movements in Severn that summer, or has information about contacts between Maryland and South Carolina in late August 2015, please come forward.