On December 5, 2017, 24-year-old Shanaya Sheriee Coley was walking to her charcoal gray Nissan Altima in a Paterson, New Jersey parking lot just before 11 p.m. Witnesses saw her stabbed, forced into her own car, which then sped away from Colonial Avenue. Her glasses and a pool of blood were left behind in the lot.

Her family searched for months. The vehicle and her body were found on May 6, 2018, in a car that had sat for months in a Marion Street garden apartment parking lot; neighbors alerted police after a foul odor. An autopsy confirmed death by multiple puncture and incision wounds and classified the case as a homicide. Investigators looked into various leads, including conflicting family reports about a possible restraining order Coley may have taken out against an unknown individual.

No arrests have been announced. If anyone has information about Shanaya Coley, her movements on December 5, 2017, or the Nissan Altima, please come forward.