Anitia Renee Law, a 15-year-old African American girl, was killed on June 23, 2012, in Jacksonville, North Carolina, during a domestic dispute at the home of her 20-year-old sister, Shermetryce Grasty. Anitia was visiting when 24-year-old Marine Corps Corporal Pernell Jones, described as Grasty’s estranged boyfriend, allegedly stabbed her in the abdomen and shot her in the chest with a shotgun. She was taken to Onslow Memorial Hospital and later died of her injuries.

Jones reportedly tried to flee in his car, crashed into a ditch shortly afterward, and was apprehended. He was charged with first-degree murder and held without bond in the Onslow County jail; his first court appearance came on June 25, 2012. The motive is unclear, though reports connect the violence to marital issues between Jones and his wife. Anitia’s family, originally from Danville, Virginia, mourned her; her mother, Carilla Law, planned to bury her daughter in her ROTC uniform and relatives noted Anitia hoped to join the Air Force.

Did anyone in the Jacksonville or Danville area have contact with Anitia or information about the circumstances that night?