Cherica Louvenia Adams was 24 and eight months pregnant when she was ambushed and shot while driving home in Charlotte, North Carolina, on December 14, 1999. She suffered five gunshot wounds, four to the neck and back, causing catastrophic damage to her intestines, liver, and stomach. She was taken off life support and died the same day from organ failure.

Cherica had been on a movie date that evening with her on-and-off boyfriend, Rae Theotis Carruth, a Carolina Panthers wide receiver. Cherica made a 911 call in which she said Carruth had slowed his car before another vehicle pulled up and opened fire; she told authorities she believed Carruth was involved. Investigators say the killing was carried out as part of a murder-for-hire plot tied to Carruth’s objections to her pregnancy.

Several people were arrested in connection with the ambush. Charges announced included first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder against Rae Carruth, and authorities identified a triggerman in the attack who was later sentenced to a lengthy prison term. Did anyone who knew Cherica or her routines that night see something that could help clarify what happened?