On the morning of July 11, 2016, Beverly Cherokee Thompson, 65, was found shot to death outside her home in the 1400 block of Hoover Street in Hammond, Louisiana. Her nephew, 39-year-old Toreo Thompson, was found inside the residence, also dead of gunshot wounds. Neighbors remembered Beverly, known as Cherokee, as a great lady; the double homicide shocked a community that had seen relatively little violence in recent years.

Investigators linked the killings to an armed robbery that took place hours earlier. Information from the robbery victim led police to 20-year-old Elijah Walker of Hammond. Walker’s statements implicated two men from New Orleans, 26-year-old Raheem Doby and 23-year-old Jerald Fontenberry. All three were arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of armed robbery.

Who in Hammond knew Beverly Cherokee Thompson or Toreo Thompson and can shed light on what happened that night?