Katherine Jones was fatally shot on the night of October 14, 2016, after leaving the Midwood Country Club where she had been working as a hostess. She met friends at the club around 11:00 p.m. following a six-hour shift, left about 2:30 a.m., and began the roughly one-mile walk to her home. Security footage shows her walking and singing toward The Plaza near the public library and Harris Teeter; at 2:33 a.m. she sent photos and a final Facebook Messenger message to friends.

She continued across The Plaza and along the sidewalk in front of Berryhill Realty Company, then turned onto Hamorton Place. A car’s headlights flooded the street, and while she was walking a gunshot or gunshots struck her, piercing both lungs and her heart. The case remains unsolved. If anyone has information about Katherine’s murder, please contact CrimeStoppers at (704) 334-1600.