Takaylah Tribbit was a 14-year-old girl from Chicago who was found dead on September 16, 2019, in a trash-filled alley in Gary, Indiana. Her body was discovered facedown with her hands bound behind her back; she had been shot in what prosecutors described as an execution-style killing. Takaylah had been reported as a runaway and was located five days after she met 36-year-old Deonlashawn Simmons at a birthday party in Chicago.

The investigation resulted in the arrest and conviction of Deonlashawn Simmons on murder charges; prosecutors also pursued firearm and habitual offender enhancements. Simmons maintained his innocence and indicated an intention to appeal. In April 2022 the sentencing judge in Lake County, Indiana, imposed the maximum sentence allowed by law: 105 years in prison.

Does anyone have information about Takaylah’s last known whereabouts in Chicago before she left or about the birthday party where she met Simmons?