Nekechena Phillips, a 27-year-old African American woman, was shot and killed on December 21, 2018, in Jacksonville, Florida. She returned home in the afternoon and encountered her boyfriend, Eric Lamar Jackson, who had entered the house and was hiding. When Phillips ran back outside to her car, Jackson followed and shot her multiple times; she died shortly after the shooting. The couple’s three children were in the car during the attack but were not physically harmed.

The day before the killing Phillips had filed for an injunction for protection against Jackson, alleging repeated physical abuse including being punched in the head, and she had tried to change the locks on the home. Jackson, 27, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder, and attempted manslaughter. He admitted the act while asserting a psychotic disorder as an insanity defense; reports say that defense did not succeed and he was found guilty of all charges. The state sought the death penalty during the penalty phase.

Phillips was the daughter of a Jacksonville Sheriff’s officer and is described by family and friends as kind and caring, devoted to her children. Does anyone have information about Phillips, her children, or events leading up to December 21, 2018?