Lindsay Marie Dufrene Nichols was 31 when she was killed on Father’s Day, June 21, 2015. She had returned to Louisiana from a job in Texas and went out with friends in New Orleans East to celebrate her new apartment. Friends last saw her leaving a nightclub in the early morning after she had met a man named Thayon Samson and taken his phone number.

Around 4:45 a.m. Lindsay called 911 and reported an irate man outside her car pointing a gun; during the call a man’s voice could be heard threatening to put a gun in her mouth. Later that morning firefighters and police found a vehicle on fire at the intersection of Lake Forest and Michoud boulevards. Inside the trunk of the burned-out car was Lindsay’s body; an autopsy found she had been shot multiple times and showed signs of blunt-force injuries.

Investigators linked 30-year-old Thayon Samson to the crime through a witness who placed him behind the car, cell phone records, and DNA in the vehicle; he was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. A second man, 29-year-old Troy Varnado, was later indicted on multiple charges including second-degree murder and second-degree kidnapping. Lindsay’s family described her as a loving mother with bright blue eyes. Does anyone have information about Lindsay’s last movements that could help clarify what happened that night?