Tabitha Hamilton, a 22-year-old Black woman, was found shot to death in the driveway of a home at 1065 W. 25th Street in the Monroe Heights neighborhood of Riviera Beach, Florida, on January 20, 2011. Police discovered her body early that morning; investigators determined she had been fatally shot multiple times.

A 26-year-old Riviera Beach man, Gary John Butler, was identified as a suspect soon after the shooting. Butler and Hamilton were described as friends whose relationship involved conflict and substance abuse. An argument on the night of the murder escalated into a physical altercation and ended when Butler shot Hamilton multiple times; Butler later expressed remorse and called the day the worst of his life.

A jury found Butler guilty of second-degree murder in 2013 and a judge sentenced him to 30 years in prison. The trial included testimony that Butler had belittled and degraded Hamilton over her sexual orientation and that the relationship was tumultuous. Does anyone have additional details about Hamilton’s life or her time in Riviera Beach that could shed light on the people and circumstances around her at the time?