Yolanda Flood, a 37-year-old Oakland resident, was found dead on August 25, 2008, in a homicide that remains one of many from a year when the city recorded 115 killings. Her death received little media attention and few case-specific details are available publicly. That lack of information has left her case relatively obscure amid a larger surge in violence that year.

The homicide is listed among numerous killings that strained the Oakland Police Department, which faced understaffing, high caseloads, and limited resources. Those conditions are cited as factors that have contributed to a substantial number of unsolved homicides, leaving families without answers and investigators seeking community help.

If anyone has information about Yolanda Flood or remembers events from the area around August 25, 2008, please share what you know with the Oakland Police Department to help bring closure to her family.