Velecia Ann Lewis, 27, was found beaten and stabbed to death in her South Memphis apartment on the evening of January 6, 1999. She was nearly nine months pregnant; her unborn daughter, whom Velecia planned to name Velvet, also died in the attack. Velecia lived with her mother, Bea, and was a University of Memphis senior planning to graduate and pursue a career as a veterinarian. Investigators at the scene reported the apartment door appeared to have been broken into, prompting an initial theory of a burglary turned violent.

Velecia’s family disputes the stranger-burglary theory and believes the killer was someone she knew. Her cousin Angela has kept the case visible over the years. No arrests or suspects have been publicly identified and the murders remain unsolved. Did anyone in South Memphis at the time remember unusual activity near that apartment on or around January 6, 1999?