On the morning of September 4, 2020, 22-year-old Pauliqua Evans was found dead inside her apartment on Alvin Dark Avenue in Baton Rouge. Authorities discovered Evans suffering from multiple gunshot wounds after a call to the Tiger Plaza complex around 9:32 a.m. Two children were found inside the apartment unharmed and were released to family members.

Detectives initially reported no clear motive or identified suspect. On September 15, 2020, Vernell Lockett, 24, was arrested in Madison Parish on unrelated charges; the next day police announced him as a suspect after a Crime Stoppers tip implicated him. Lockett was extradited to Baton Rouge and on March 2, 2022, at age 25, was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on charges of second-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon in Evans’ death.

Does anyone have information about Evans, her time at Tiger Plaza, or the events of that morning that could help clarify what happened?