Aaija Smoker, an 18-year-old woman from Duncanville, Texas, was shot and killed during what investigators described as a robbery gone wrong on October 5, 2019. Her body was found in an apartment in the 200 block of East U.S. Highway 67.

By December 2, 2019, three youths were in custody: Cornelius Lydell Broadway, 17, of DeSoto; Jeromey Lemar Young Jr., 17, of Dallas; and a juvenile female from Dallas. Capital murder warrants were issued for Broadway and Young, who were each held on $500,000 bond, and the juvenile female was charged and taken into custody. A fourth suspect remained at large while investigators continued to seek information about motive and the full circumstances of the crime.

Anyone with information about Aaija Smoker’s death or the fourth suspect is asked to contact the Duncanville Police Department.