On July 18, 2015, six-year-old Meredith Leeann Jessie of Lakeland, Florida, was found dead alongside her grandfather, Mark Ivan Weekly. Both victims had been stabbed multiple times and shot in the head. Their bodies were discovered in plastic storage bins in a shed behind a neighbor’s house, where they had been decomposing for nearly two weeks.

The investigation led to Meredith’s mother, Cheyanne Jessie, who initially reported her father and daughter missing and claimed her father had taken Meredith to Georgia. Inconsistencies in that account and further inquiry produced a confession in which Cheyanne said she killed her father during an argument and accidentally stabbed Meredith. Prosecutors said evidence indicated the killings were premeditated and motivated by Cheyanne’s wish to appease a boyfriend who had threatened to end the relationship over Meredith’s behavioral issues.

The trial brought testimony about Cheyanne’s mental health history, including major depressive disorder and other psychological deficits; she was convicted of first-degree murder and received life in prison without the possibility of parole. Did anyone in Lakeland know Meredith or her family and have details that could shed more light on what led to this tragedy?