Deonte Whiteside was 17 when he was shot and killed outside his Elk Grove home on June 23, 2016. Reports say Jones accessed the girl’s Snapchat without her knowledge and later threatened her to keep silent.

The same day, the girl was driven to a park in Elk Grove and shot multiple times by Eddie Lewis in an apparent attempt to silence her; she survived and later provided testimony. Jones was convicted of murder and two counts of conspiracy to commit murder; Lewis was convicted of attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Four others—Elijah Watts, Daniel Carter, Jeremiah Hankins, and Jordan Asberry—were also charged in connection with related crimes.

Whiteside’s mother, Lugenia Whiteside-Alston, publicly urged parents to monitor children’s social media in the wake of her son’s death. Does anyone have information about the events that night or about how the Snapchat account was accessed?