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On May 3, 2015, TaYonna Russ, 22, and her father Derrick Smith, 38, were found shot to death inside their home in Elkton, Maryland. Investigators tied the killings to a financial dispute: Smith reportedly owed money to a man named Erik John McNeely, who had made repeated attempts to collect the debt. After watching the Pacquiao–Mayweather fight that night, McNeely allegedly went to Smith’s residence and shot him.

TaYonna Russ was also killed at the scene; police say she was not the intended target but was shot as a witness to her father’s murder. No arrests had been made for several years, and the case remained an agonizing open wound for family and the community until a later arrest focused attention on McNeely.

Does anyone have information about TaYonna’s life in Elkton or about events on May 3, 2015?