Latashia Rochelle Toomer was an 18-year-old African American woman who died on October 22, 2006, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Her death is recorded as a domestic violence homicide and was noted amid a statewide rise in domestic violence fatalities that year.

Statewide figures show a 6 percent increase in domestic violence homicides in 2006, and the legislature responded by introducing bills to strengthen enforcement of protective orders and to increase funding for local domestic violence programs. Latashia’s death is cited as part of that broader pattern and the push for stronger protections.

What details are known about Latashia’s life, the circumstances of October 22, 2006, or anyone with information that could help clarify what happened?