On June 12, 2020, 19-year-old Jamesha Covson, who was pregnant, was shot and killed at her home in the 1200 block of Quinn Avenue in Memphis. The shooting followed an argument between Covson and her former boyfriend, Joshua Dotson, reportedly over a Facebook post and her pregnancy. Dotson first fired a shot through a closed door where Covson had taken refuge, then forced his way into the room. He left and returned hours later, shooting Covson multiple times. Emergency responders transported her to a hospital, but both she and her unborn child died from their injuries.

A manhunt followed and Dotson was added to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Most Wanted list; he was arrested six days after the killing in Nashville. During his trial he testified in his own defense, at one point calling himself a serial killer and claiming responsibility for three other murders between 2019 and 2020. A jury found Joshua Dotson guilty on two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Jamesha Covson and her unborn child on August 22, 2024, and he received consecutive sentences totaling 102 years. The judge denied concurrent sentences, stressing the gravity of two lives lost.

If anyone knew Jamesha, her routines, or has information about the events that night, please come forward.