On March 31, 2014, 10-year-old TaNiyah Thomas was shot and killed during an attempted home invasion in Washington, Pennsylvania. An armed man tried to force his way into the apartment where she lived; TaNiyah woke, went toward her mother’s room, and was fatally shot through the apartment door. She was pronounced dead at Washington Hospital that morning.

The investigation led to the arrest of four men: Douglas Cochran Jr., Anthian Goehring, Malik Thomas, and Richard White. All were charged with third-degree murder, conspiracy, and robbery. Prosecutors said the suspects had planned to rob a man in the same apartment complex and that shots fired through the door caused TaNiyah’s death. In July 2015 the four men were sentenced to prison as part of plea deals: Douglas Cochran Jr. received 22 to 50 years; Anthian Goehring 30 to 60 years; Malik Thomas four to eight years; and Richard White three to six years. Families expressed mixed feelings about the outcomes.

TaNiyah’s grandfather, Sherman Brown, suggested the incident might have been drug-related and criticized the mother’s boyfriend, though no direct evidence tied him to the crime. Who in the community might have additional information about that night or the people involved?