On September 25, 1989, 23-year-old Lashawn Cowart and her two-year-old son, Travis, were shot to death while driving together. Michael Bernard Bell stopped the vehicle, exited and opened fire on both mother and child. An accomplice then arrived in another vehicle and picked Bell up at the scene.

The killings of Lashawn and Travis were among a series of violent crimes later tied to Bell. He was arrested on September 15, 1994, and was subsequently convicted in other 1993 murders; those cases resulted in death sentences. The attack on Lashawn and Travis left two families devastated and their loss remembered by those who knew them.

If anyone knew Lashawn or little Travis, or has information about the September 1989 shootings, please come forward.