On January 9, 2017, 21-year-old Tashayla Johnson and 29-year-old Jeremy Bryant were found dead of multiple gunshot wounds in an apartment in the 2800 block of Coach Drive in the Raleigh area of Memphis, Tennessee. Police classified the deaths as a homicide and an investigation followed.

Investigators identified 37-year-old Jerry Pointer as a person of interest. Authorities say Pointer owed both Johnson and Bryant money tied to drug transactions over the prior year. Pointer admitted to investigators that he wanted to end his situation and fatally shot both people.

Pointer was arrested and charged with two counts of second-degree murder. In November 2018 he pleaded guilty in a settlement approved by the victims families and a Criminal Court Judge and was sentenced to 45 years in prison with no possibility of parole.

If anyone knew Tashayla or has information about her life or the events leading up to that night, please share what you remember.