On the night of August 6, 2016, four-year-old Jennabel Anaya and her mother, Carina Mancera, were shot as they walked toward their Long Beach apartment near 9th Street and Locust Avenue after a shopping trip. Carina was pronounced dead at the scene; Jennabel was critically injured and later died at a hospital. Carina’s boyfriend, Luis Anaya, was shot at but not hit.

DNA recovered from the scene was later matched to Brandon Ivan Colbert Jr. after a DNA swab taken when he was arrested on an unrelated stolen-vehicle charge. Colbert was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder, and special-circumstance allegations; prosecutors did not seek the death penalty. He was convicted at trial and sentenced to consecutive life terms without parole plus additional terms.

Anyone who knew Jennabel, Carina, or who has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.