Destiny Dennis was 21 when she was shot and killed on January 4, 2019, in Jacksonville, Florida. She was passing through the city with a man and her six-month-old daughter, headed toward Atlanta, when they stopped at a gas station and Destiny was shot. She was later taken to Baptist Medical Center in San Marco with a gunshot wound. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office initially listed the death as undetermined and later reclassified it as an active murder investigation.

Family members say Destiny had been caught up in sex trafficking and had told her father, Marcus Dennis, that she wanted to leave that life. The man who dropped her off at the hospital has a lengthy arrest record, but he and no one else have been publicly identified as a suspect. Destiny’s infant daughter is in relatives’ care.

What information might help move this investigation forward for Destiny’s family and her child?