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Cari L. Chapman was 22 and less than 16 weeks pregnant when she was shot multiple times and killed in Franklin Township, Pennsylvania, on July 31, 2006. The Luzerne County Coroner’s Office ruled her death and the death of her unborn child a homicide.

Investigators linked the killing to 23-year-old Patricia Leigh Stark. Stark had been involved in an earlier shooting less than 15 hours before Chapman’s murder, in which another woman, Samantha Banellis, was shot. Stark and her boyfriend, Charles Ty Harris, fled and were fugitives for about two weeks before being captured in Philadelphia.

After arrest, Stark was charged with first-degree murder for Chapman’s death, homicide of an unborn child, attempted homicide, aggravated assault, and robbery. To avoid a possible death sentence, Stark pleaded guilty and received life in prison without parole for Chapman’s murder, plus an additional sentence for the unborn child’s death. An appeal seeking a reduced sentence based on immature brain development was later denied by the state Superior Court.

Did anyone who knew Cari or saw activity in Franklin Township around July 31, 2006, notice anything that could help clarify what happened?