Sykea Patton, 24, was walking with her 4-year-old twin sons on the 800 block of North Preston Street in West Philadelphia when she was shot multiple times in the torso on November 19, 2021, just after 3 p.m. She was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. Her children were present and witnessed the shooting.

Investigators focused on Patton’s 28-year-old ex-boyfriend, Donavan Crawford. In the days before the killing Patton had been seeking a stay-away order against him, and the slaying followed a recent fight after he had proposed to her. A manhunt followed; Crawford turned himself in a few days later and was charged with murder, reckless endangerment, violation of the uniform firearms act and other weapons offenses. He was held without bail.

Who in Philadelphia knew Sykea or her family and can help fill in details about her life or the events that led up to that day?