In the late hours of a September night in 2020, 28-year-old Mariah Wilson was beaten and fatally shot in her Niagara Falls, New York, apartment. A young mother of two, she was attacked in her bedroom while her children were in the next room. The family described the killing as a violent home invasion that left loved ones and the community searching for answers.

For months the investigation produced no arrests, and Wilson’s family held rallies to keep attention on the case. In May 2022 an indictment was unsealed charging Atrel M. Hudson with murder and related offenses; Hudson was already in custody on an unrelated robbery charge when the new charges were brought. What details about the case or witnesses contributed to the indictment remain unclear.

If anyone in Niagara Falls had information about Mariah’s movements, her neighbors that night, or the people who might have had contact with her or her apartment, please come forward with what you know.