On the early morning of September 9, 2017, 23-year-old Jalisa Baxter and a friend, Eric Perkins, were found shot to death inside a car parked in a vacant lot near Rohns and Moffett streets on Detroit’s east side. The bodies were discovered at about 3:45 a.m. Authorities have treated the incident as a double homicide.

Jalisa’s family remembers her as a funny, loving young woman devoted to her son. She had just finished a work shift around midnight the night she was killed; those who knew her described her as hardworking, friendly, and focused on providing for her child. The loss has left her family struggling to explain her absence to her young son.

The investigation remains open and no arrests have been announced. Jalisa’s family has made public appeals for information and Crime Stoppers has asked anyone with knowledge to make an anonymous report.

If anyone knew Jalisa, Eric, or was in the Rohns and Moffett area that night, can you help bring information forward?