Jessica Leigh Davis was 22 when she was fatally shot in her apartment on Bakertown Road in west Knox County on the evening of April 16, 2018. Initial reports suggested a self-inflicted wound during an argument with her ex-boyfriend, but investigators pursued the case as a homicide after evidence contradicted that account.

The man present that night, 25-year-old Jacquiz I. McBee, was the father of Davis’s child. McBee told authorities the gun discharged during a struggle after Davis allegedly pointed it at him. The Knox County Sheriff’s Office uncovered a history of domestic violence in the relationship, including a prior aggravated assault charge in 2016. Forensic analysis of McBee’s computer showed searches such as killing someone while on probation and a letter in which he instructed someone to alter his search history, steps prosecutors argued showed consciousness of guilt.

McBee was tried in November 2020; a jury convicted him of first-degree murder and Judge Kyle Hixson sentenced him. Did anyone in Knoxville know Jessica or have information about her relationship with McBee?