Jasmine Trice, 30, was killed on the afternoon of March 1, 2021, in the parking lot of a Family Dollar on Floyd Road in Columbus, Georgia. She was driving a Nissan Altima with her friend, 28-year-old Kiera Williams, in the passenger seat and Williams’ six-year-old daughter in the back. A dark-colored SUV pulled up behind them, a man got out, hid his face, and fired into the passenger side. Trice was found on the pavement and pronounced dead at the scene; Williams was rushed to a hospital and also died. The child, who witnessed the shooting, was physically unharmed and taken inside the store by witnesses.

Investigators focused on Williams’ ex-boyfriend, 25-year-old Quartez Tremon Thomas.

A grand jury indicted Quartez Tremon Thomas in May 2021 on multiple counts, including two counts of malice murder, two counts of felony murder, aggravated assault, cruelty to children, and using a firearm to commit a felony. While jailed awaiting trial he was convicted on separate charges for attacking a guard and sentenced for those offenses, and remained in state custody as of late 2023. Does anyone have information about Jasmine’s last hours at the Family Dollar or witnessed the vehicle that pulled up behind her car?