Katrina Padgett, a 46-year-old African American woman, was killed on March 13, 2016, at her mother’s home in southwest Miami-Dade County. Katrina was struck multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel. Sophia Cheeks was not injured.

Joe Louis Padgett fled before police arrived. A warrant was issued, and he was later arrested and charged with first-degree murder and first-degree attempted murder; he was held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. Detectives from the Miami-Dade Police Department Homicide Bureau investigated and asked anyone with information to come forward.

Who knew Katrina or was in the neighborhood that night and can help fill in what happened?