Tyresa Mack, a 24-year-old African American woman, was found dead in her Jacksonville, Florida, apartment on June 20, 1999. Her death was the result of a violent crime: she was raped and strangled. The brutality of the attack and its link to other killings drew significant attention during the investigation.

Paul Durousseau, a former taxi driver, was connected to Mack’s murder by DNA evidence and by his own statements that he had known her for a few months prior to her death. He denied killing her, but a jury convicted him of first-degree murder in 2007 and initially sentenced him to death. That conviction was the only one of several accusations against him to go to trial.

Legal changes affecting Florida death-penalty procedures led to a vacation of his death sentence and a pending resentencing. The case remains a stark example of violence against vulnerable women and of how forensic evidence can shape prosecutions. Does anyone have information about Tyresa’s life or whereabouts in Jacksonville before June 20, 1999?