Brandon Murray was 36 when she was found dead in her Linmar Terrace apartment in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, on November 11, 2021. Police responding to a welfare check discovered Murray that morning; an autopsy later determined she died of multiple gunshot wounds and her death was ruled a homicide. The Pennsylvania State Police took over the investigation.

Friends remembered Murray, known to them as B, as vivacious and creative — a singer, dancer and fashionista who did hair and nails. Community advocates raised concerns that she may have been targeted because of her gender identity and asked for the killing to be investigated as a hate crime.

Investigators reviewed surveillance footage from November 9, 2021, obtained cell phone location and communication records, and used DNA evidence found at the scene that established the suspect had been in physical contact with Murray. In February 2023, authorities arrested 46-year-old Darese Raines of Aliquippa and charged him with homicide and illegal possession of a firearm; he had denied involvement in a May 2022 interview but acknowledged knowing Murray. A jury later returned a conviction.

If anyone knew Brandon Murray, her movements in Aliquippa that week of November 8–11, 2021, or has information about her contacts, please come forward.