April Lynn Holland, 22, of Raleigh was found dead in a hotel room at the Americas Best Value Inn near Crabtree Valley Mall on December 2, 2016. She was pregnant at the time. Her boyfriend, 28-year-old Dwayne Garvey, was also killed. Both victims had been staying at the motel about a month and were involved in a prostitution enterprise.

Investigators say both victims were shot multiple times. Security-camera footage showed two men, Seaga Edward Gillard and Brandon Xavier Hill, walking the motel corridor and approaching the room. Footage reportedly shows Garvey banging on the door, Hill confronting him with a gun and shooting him seven times, and Gillard exiting the room with his arm pointed back inside before running off. Holland was found dead inside the door to the room.

Gillard and Hill were charged with first-degree murder in connection with the deaths. Gillard was convicted and sentenced to death by a Wake County jury in 2019. Hill faced multiple charges including first-degree murder, kidnapping, assault by strangulation and several forcible-sex charges; he was extradited to Wake County from Florida and held on no bond for the murder count with a $3 million bond on the other charges.

Did anyone know April’s movements or acquaintances around the motel in late November and early December 2016?