Keisha Hilliard, a 42-year-old Black woman, was found dead inside her Mesquite, Texas home on Sunday, October 12, 2025, after police conducted a welfare check. Officers were dispatched around 4:18 p.m. to the 2000 block of Avis Circle and discovered Hilliard with a fatal gunshot wound. Family members had raised alarms earlier that day, prompting the check.

Detectives focused quickly on 42-year-old Christopher Whitt, Hilliard’s longtime boyfriend and the father of her youngest child. Relatives and investigators said Whitt had unexpectedly left a newborn and a three-year-old with his family shortly before the welfare call, behavior that heightened concern. The U.S. Marshals Service joined the manhunt and, according to local coverage, Whitt was taken into custody in Dallas and arrested on murder charges connected to Hilliard’s death. The investigation remains active as authorities work through evidence and witness statements about the domestic relationship and the events inside the Avis Circle home.

If anyone knew Keisha or has information about her last hours or the Avis Circle address, please come forward.