On the morning of January 13, 2015, 56-year-old Kim Jones was shot in the back of the head while waiting at a bus stop at 12th and Jefferson streets in Philadelphia. She had been on her routine commute to work at Turning Points for Children, where she served as a program director. Her purse, cellphone, and jewelry were left untouched, and investigators described the execution-style killing as a targeted attack.

Police focused on a co-worker, 36-year-old Randolph Sanders, after surveillance footage and a connection to a vehicle linked him to the scene. Detectives say Sanders confessed to the killing and was arrested and charged with murder and weapons offenses. Jones’s family, including two adult sons, and her community were left reeling by the loss; colleagues said she had recently remarried and was planning to report alleged misappropriation of funds by Sanders the day she was killed.