Brooke Ashley Crawford, 30, of Baton Rouge was found shot to death in an open field near the 1500 block of Gracie Street on January 26, 2015. Investigators said she had been shot multiple times and that the gunfire likely occurred the night before, leaving her body exposed until morning. DNA evidence collected at the scene reportedly led police to 25-year-old Rajeski Ford, who was arrested on February 6, 2015, and charged in connection with the killing. Reporting at the time said Ford allegedly admitted to having sex with Crawford before her death but denied committing the shooting; a clear motive and a recovered murder weapon were not publicly identified.

A grand jury in July 2015 did not return an indictment and the matter was pretermitted, resulting in Ford’s release after more than 150 days in custody because statutory time limits for presenting the case had been exceeded. No indictment had been returned as of that point. Did anyone in Baton Rouge have information about Crawford’s last known movements or who she was with the night before she was found?