Elaine Laney Monger was 16 when she was fatally shot on August 24, 2005, in north Charlotte, North Carolina. A rising junior at North Mecklenburg High School, she was remembered by family and classmates as loving and popular. The shooting happened at a location described by neighbors as a party house frequented by unsupervised teenagers.

Police charged her ex-boyfriend, 24-year-old William Edward LeVesque, with the killing. LeVesque had prior charges including discharging a firearm in the city, assault, and resisting a public officer. Elaine’s family held a memorial service at University City United Methodist Church, and her ashes were kept by her mother, Leslie Monger. Donations were made in her memory to the National Association of Students Against Violence Everywhere.

If anyone attended that party or knew Elaine’s movements that night, can you share information that might help fill in what happened?