Dianisleidy Rodriguez Hernandez was 34 and living in Birmingham, Alabama when she was found fatally shot on Wednesday, July 3 in the 4200 block of 5th Avenue South in the Avondale neighborhood. The violence left her young daughter without a mother and prompted an immediate investigation by the Birmingham Police Department.

Detectives developed a suspect, 44-year-old Johnny Sears, and secured an arrest warrant after gathering evidence. The case was presented to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, and Sears was taken into custody and held in the Jefferson County Jail without the possibility of bail on charges in connection with Rodriguez Hernandez’s murder.

If anyone in Avondale that week saw anything or has information about Dianisleidy’s last hours, please come forward to the Birmingham Police Department.