Natalie Sampayo was 19 and had moved from Garfield, New Jersey, to Savannah, Georgia, about nine months before she was killed. She worked as a receptionist at the European Wax Center on Mall Boulevard and was described as settling into her new life there.

On the afternoon of December 15, 2022, at about 2:50 p.m., her ex-boyfriend, 22-year-old Alphonso Xavier Irving, entered the business and shot her. Natalie was taken to Memorial Medical Center with life-threatening injuries and was later pronounced dead. Savannah police quickly identified Irving as the suspect and arrested him the same day; he was booked into the Chatham County jail and initially charged with murder. A Chatham County grand jury later indicted him on five counts, including malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

The European Wax Center closed temporarily after the shooting, and Natalie’s family held a fundraiser to cover funeral expenses; she was interred in Garfield, New Jersey. Does anyone have information about Natalie’s life in Savannah or witnessed events at the Mall Boulevard business on December 15, 2022?