Brandi June Henderson was an 18-year-old African American woman from Charlotte, North Carolina, who was murdered in her apartment on March 8, 1994. She was still attending high school and had recently become a mother to a baby boy named Tyrece. Family and friends described her as warm, loving, and vibrant.

Henry Louis Wallace entered Brandi’s apartment that evening. He raped her while she held her infant son and then strangled her to death. Wallace also attempted to strangle the baby with an item of clothing; the child survived. Brandi had worked at a Golden Corral restaurant alongside Wallace, who later admitted to multiple killings. Wallace was arrested on March 13, 1994, and his confessions and subsequent prosecutions tied him to a series of murders of young African American women in Charlotte.

The killings, including Brandi’s, prompted criticism that the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department had not acted swiftly, raising questions about racial and socioeconomic bias in how those cases were handled. If anyone knew Brandi, her son Tyrece, or has information about that night, please come forward.