Mia Heard, 49, was found inside her Birmingham, Alabama home with gunshot wounds on the morning of Saturday, August 18, 2018. Birmingham Fire and Rescue responded but her injuries were fatal; she was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities treated the death as a domestic homicide and opened an immediate investigation.

Heard was a mother of three grown children and worked as an administrative assistant at the UAB School of Medicine. Police searched for a suspect in the days after the shooting, but no arrest was announced and investigators have not publicly identified any persons of interest or suspects.

Her family and community were left to grieve a sudden, violent loss. If anyone knew Mia, her routines, or saw anything unusual in that part of north Birmingham around August 18, 2018, please come forward with tips to help resolve this case.