Ashanti Bellamy was 22 and about six months pregnant when she was killed on May 17, 2021. A mother to a three-year-old, she was described by her mother as fun and energetic with her whole life ahead of her.

Just after 9 p.m. on that Monday, Ashanti and her boyfriend, Gharen Terry, were attacked on Ryder Court by two men who forced the couple at gunpoint into a black Mercedes and drove them about a mile and a half to the 800 block of Ridge Road. Ashanti and Gharen got out and tried to run. Gharen was shot and survived; Ashanti was struck in the back and leg, collapsed in the road, and was later found to have died of her wounds. An autopsy also found the unborn child died from maternal blood loss. A witness told investigators one of the men, Raymond Earl Holmes Jr., walked over, kicked Ashanti in the head, and shot her two more times.

Police arrested Raymond Holmes Jr. on May 27, 2021, and a second suspect, 19-year-old Sincere Perry, on July 7, 2021. Both faced charges including first-degree murder, murder of an unborn child, kidnapping, and robbery with a dangerous weapon. Does anyone have information about Ashanti’s movements that night or saw the black Mercedes on Ryder Court or Ridge Road?