Nikita Cross was a 35-year-old Black/African American woman from Riverside who died on April 23, 2016. The death was treated as a homicide and the next day authorities charged a Riverside man with murder, so the case moved into criminal prosecution almost immediately rather than remaining classified as an unattended death or accident.

If anyone knew Nikita Cross or has information about what happened in Riverside in April 2016, please share details with the forum or contact the authorities handling the case.