Aleksandra Micic was a 17-year-old nursing student from Jacksonville, Florida. Friends described her as having a good spirit and said they spoke with her multiple times daily; they grew worried when she did not respond on May 29, 2020. The last message a friend received from her, sent May 28, read You Busy?

On the afternoon of May 29, 2020, Jacksonville Fire and Rescue crews training in the Hogan’s Creek area saw smoke coming from an abandoned apartment complex on West 6th Street. After putting out the fire, they found Aleksandra’s body inside one of the buildings. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation; an autopsy determined she had been shot multiple times and did not die from the fire. Police released a composite sketch before identifying her a week later.

In July 2021 authorities announced an arrest: 29-year-old William Henry Cone was charged with murder and arson after investigators identified and interviewed a suspect already in the Duval County Jail on unrelated charges. Aleksandra’s friends said she may have been with a man in the days before her death but did not know who might have wanted to harm her.

If anyone knew Aleksandra’s movements in late May 2020 or saw activity around the West 6th Street buildings, please share what was seen.