Seventeen-year-old Jade Erwin of Elgin, Texas, was found dead at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in Taylor on March 21, 2020, after suffering a gunshot wound to her face. Taylor Police report the shooting occurred inside a moving vehicle in Bastrop County. A 25-year-old Elgin man, Marquis Wilson, and a female companion drove Jade to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead on arrival. The vehicle was left at the hospital; Wilson and the woman were later found hiding in a dumpster at a nearby Beall’s and detained.

Police allege Wilson fired a .38-caliber handgun out of the car, then spun the weapon on his finger and it accidentally discharged, striking Jade. Wilson was charged with second-degree manslaughter and held on bond; the female subject was questioned and released. Court records from January 2022 state Wilson pleaded guilty to manslaughter and received a two-year state prison sentence with 96 days credit.

Who in Elgin or Bastrop County might have information about Jade’s movements that day or about the vehicle and companions involved?