In the pre-dawn hours of September 17, 2019, a neighbor on their way to work found the body of an 18-year-old woman lying between two parked cars on Fourth Avenue in the Lansingburgh section of Troy, New York. The victim was identified as Beyonce Wint of New York City; she had sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the head. Police found no apparent ties between Wint and the Troy area, and she had been living in group homes in Queens and Manhattan and spent her final days in Albany, Troy, and Burlington, Vermont.

Detectives described the investigation as complex and involved multiple agencies, including Troy Police, State Police, and the NYPD. Investigators said the killing was not random and was likely linked to an internal dispute among a faction of the Bloods gang based in New York City. By December 2019 and January 2020, three people from New York City and Burlington, Vermont, had been arrested and were later indicted on second-degree murder charges.

If anyone knew Beyonce Wint’s movements in September 2019 or has information about her associates, contact the investigating agency with what they know.