Ceritha Williams, a 34-year-old African American woman, was killed on August 26, 2006, in Greensboro, North Carolina. Her death is recorded as a domestic violence homicide and was counted among North Carolina’s domestic violence fatalities for 2006, a year in which the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence reported 79 victims and a 6 percent increase from 2005.

The North Carolina legislature was pursuing measures—Senate Bill 27/House Bill 44—to strengthen enforcement of protective orders by lowering the number of prior convictions needed to charge a felony for violating an order, an effort framed in the material as part of a broader response to such homicides.

Who in Greensboro might have known Ceritha or seen signs she was in danger that day?