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Anitra L. Jones-Summerville, a 42-year-old woman from Memphis, Tennessee, was reported missing by her family on April 6, 2017, after not being seen for about a week. Her decomposing body was found on April 10, 2017, in the trunk of her own car after the vehicle was repossessed and taken to a towing company in Horn Lake, Mississippi. An autopsy determined her death was a homicide caused by multiple gunshot wounds.

Investigators focused on her husband, Melvin Summerville, who had a documented history of domestic violence against Anitra and was the last person known to have seen her alive. A friend of Summerville’s told detectives that Summerville confessed to killing Anitra and gave details about the crime. Phone records placed Summerville back at the location where the car was abandoned within 24 hours of the murder. Summerville was arrested and charged with first-degree murder; his trial concluded in November 2018 with a guilty verdict and an automatic life sentence without parole.

Did anyone who knew Anitra or her family see or hear anything unusual in early April 2017 that might add context to what happened?