Wynetta Shamonta Wright, 20, was last seen on May 30, 2011, when she went to meet her ex-boyfriend, D.C. Police officer Richmond Phillips, ahead of a scheduled paternity and child support hearing for their daughter Jaylin. Friends said Phillips asked to meet at a park; witnesses later placed the couple talking at a picnic table for hours that night. Wynetta’s body was found June 2, 2011, in Oxon Run Stream Valley Park with a gunshot wound to the head.

A short distance away, Jaylin was discovered dead in a car from hyperthermia after being left in the hot vehicle. Investigators focused on Phillips; evidence and witness testimony about a small-caliber handgun led prosecutors to argue the .22-caliber weapon was used to kill Wynetta. Phillips was arrested and tried on multiple counts related to both deaths.

The case ended with guilty verdicts and consecutive life sentences for Phillips. If anyone knew Wynetta, Jaylin, or saw them in Hillcrest Heights around the end of May 2011, please share what might help close remaining questions.