Walesha Georgelyn Williams, 25, was killed in New Orleans in the early morning of March 3, 2015, in a violent incident at a home on Duane Road in New Orleans East that also claimed the life of her 8-year-old daughter. A family friend was shot and survived by pretending to be dead. The surviving witness identified Walesha’s 25-year-old boyfriend, Dwayne Martin, as the shooter and said the assailant took Williams’ purse and phone before fleeing. The survivor managed to reach a neighbor for help before collapsing.

A warrant was issued for Martin, who was located a few days later in Milton, Florida, and arrested after a brief foot chase into a wooded area; he faced burglary and resisting charges in Florida and was held on bond pending extradition to New Orleans. New Orleans authorities prepared charges of two counts of second-degree murder and one count of attempted second-degree murder. Any readers with information about Walesha, her daughter, the shooting, or sightings of Martin around March 2015 are asked to come forward.