A Sunday drive ended in violence for 33-year-old Amelia Neal in Jackson, Mississippi. On October 12, 2025, Neal was a passenger in a silver Honda CRV traveling east on Cynthia Road near Highway 49 when a black passenger car with Louisiana license plates pulled alongside and fired into the vehicle. Neal suffered critical wounds, was taken to a nearby hospital, and died there on October 13, 2025.

Her death was recorded as the city’s 50th homicide that year. Jackson Police opened an investigation but released no motive and have not publicly identified any suspects. The black vehicle with Louisiana plates is described as a key lead.

Does anyone in the Jackson or Highway 49 area on October 12 recognize the vehicle or have information that could help investigators?