Kiara Shentra Daniels, 21, was found fatally shot in the parking lot of the Terra Lake Apartments in Tallahassee on December 28, 2022. Officers arrived shortly after 4:28 p.m.; she suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at 4:38 p.m. She lived at the complex with her boyfriend, Kenyadric Smith.

Investigators arrested Smith within hours. Court records say he faces multiple charges including premeditated murder and armed robbery. Witnesses placed Smith fleeing toward a nearby wood line; a 9mm cartridge in his pocket matched a spent cartridge case at the scene. Smith told police he had found Kiara in a car with another man and claimed that man fired the shot, but witness statements and evidence contradicted that account. The man in the car, identified as a coworker who had given Kiara a ride, said Smith approached with a pistol, demanded the coworker’s phone and keys, and then shot Kiara during the confrontation.

Colleagues who worked with Kiara at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare remembered her as private and friendly and noted her athletic involvement in softball.

If anyone knew Kiara, her movements that day, or has information about what happened at Terra Lake Apartments, please come forward.