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On the evening of December 3, 2020, 26-year-old intensive care nurse Caitlyn Marie Kaufman was driving her Mazda CX-5 on Interstate 440 in Nashville, Tennessee, heading to a 7:00 p.m. shift at St. Thomas West Hospital. Between about 6:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. she was shot while behind the wheel; a Metro Parks officer found her around 9:00 p.m. in her stopped, bullet-riddled vehicle. Investigators determined a single gunshot was fatal and that at least six rounds struck the SUV.

A tip and cellphone data led police to two men, Devaunte Hill and James Cowan, who were arrested and charged with criminal homicide about a week after the shooting. Authorities said the likely motive was road rage after Kaufman allegedly cut off the suspects’ car; neither man had any prior connection to her. At trial Hill testified he fired the shots while under the influence and said Cowan was driving; Cowan was acquitted. Hill was convicted of second-degree murder and later sentenced to 25 years.

Did anyone who drove I-440 that evening notice a vehicle matching Kaufman’s Mazda CX-5 or anything unusual around 6:00–6:30 p.m.?