In the early morning hours of September 26, 2015, in Memphis, Tennessee, 28-year-old Chasity Springfield was one of three people shot to death inside a residence on Lake Grove Street. Anthony Isom, 35, was found just inside the front door, appearing to be blocking it. Michael Glover, 34, was located in a closet in a rear bedroom. Springfield’s body was discovered partially out of a window in that same back room, suggesting she tried to escape. Autopsies determined all three victims died of multiple gunshot wounds; Springfield sustained three gunshot wounds to her face, chin, and wrist.

The investigation identified Demarco Hawkins, Tony Thomas, and Laronda Turner. Hawkins was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and, in a written statement to police, admitted planning the murders and robbing the victims. Testimony in the joint trial of Thomas and Turner described Thomas chasing Glover into a back bedroom and shooting at him repeatedly, Hawkins finding Springfield at the window and shooting her, and Turner—who had been waiting in a car—entering, asking if Springfield was dead, taking the gun and shooting her after Hawkins said he guessed so.

Did anyone in the Memphis area know Springfield or the other victims and see them in the days before September 26, 2015?