Shuyi Li, 28, was found dead in her Smyrna, Georgia, apartment after coworkers reported she missed work and police performed a welfare check on September 18, 2017. Officers forced entry and discovered her body wrapped in a blanket and partially concealed beneath a mound of spices and household items. The Cobb County Medical Examiner determined she died from multiple sharp-force and blunt-force injuries to her head and neck.

Investigators identified her live-in boyfriend, Brian Marsh Semrinec, as the primary suspect; Shuyi’s 2015 Honda CR-V and her credit cards were missing from the apartment. Authorities tracked the cards’ use, locating Semrinec in Dallas, Texas. Several days after the murder he walked into a VA hospital, confessed to a security guard, and was arrested. He was charged with aggravated assault and murder, later pleading guilty to malice murder and receiving life with a minimum of 30 years before parole consideration.

Did anyone in Smyrna or Canton know Shuyi or have information about her relationship with Semrinec?