Katara Lashai Bray was 22 when she was found dead on the evening of February 8, 2021, after a car struck a utility pole in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood. Medics pronounced her dead at the scene; she had sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the head. Katara was a mother of four and had just learned she was pregnant with her fifth child.

Investigators identified 24-year-old Jason Brown as a suspect; he was the father of one of Katara’s children and believed to be the father of the unborn baby. Evidence inside the car linked Brown to the scene: his cellphone, hospital discharge paperwork with his name, and a fingerprint on the passenger-side door. Witnesses reported seeing a man fleeing the vehicle after the crash, and Katara had told a friend that she did not want Brown to be the baby’s father.

An arrest warrant was issued while Brown was incarcerated on unrelated charges; he was extradited to Allegheny County and charged with criminal homicide and a firearms violation. In August 2022 a judge found Brown guilty of third-degree murder and two firearms violations after a non-jury trial. In November 2022 he received sentences totaling 26 to 52 years. Does anyone have information about Katara’s last movements or that February evening in Lawrenceville?