Venasa Swaissi was 25 when she was killed in Oklahoma City on July 31, 2008. She worked as an exotic dancer, and police determined her death to be a homicide after a violent encounter that night.

Investigators identified 18-year-old Nicco Barnett as a suspect and charged him with first-degree murder and robbery in connection with Swaissi’s death. Early in the inquiry officers also examined whether Barnett had any link to a separate homicide that occurred the same night, but he was later cleared in that unrelated killing and the prosecution focused on the case tied to Swaissi.

The circumstances of the encounter and what led to the robbery remain central to the investigation. If anyone knew Venasa or saw anything in Oklahoma City around July 31, 2008, contact authorities with information.