Perry Thornton, a 21-year-old Black transgender woman also known as Penny Proud, was found fatally shot multiple times around 1:30 a.m. on February 10, 2015, on the 1100 block of North Claiborne Avenue in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans. Emergency responders pronounced her dead at the scene. Some early reports misidentified her gender, drawing condemnation from advocacy groups for disrespecting her identity.

Investigators said two young men were seen fleeing with Thornton’s purse; the recovered purse contained blood and a handprint. DNA from the handprint matched a man who admitted being in Thornton’s car that night but said he left before the shooting. The blood DNA has not been matched and no arrests have been announced, leaving the case unsolved. Thornton’s killing was one of several deadly attacks on transgender women of color in early 2015, and local groups held a candlelight vigil in her memory.

If anyone knew Perry, saw activity on North Claiborne Avenue that night, or has information about the recovered purse or the men seen fleeing, please share what you know.