Lauren McKenzie Wright was 17 when she was shot and killed in the early hours of June 10, 2017, in Demopolis, Alabama. Visiting friends in the area, Lauren was found with a gunshot wound at a Starmont Road residence around 12:24 a.m. and was taken to Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital, where she died. Court documents identify a 9mm firearm as the weapon used.

Nineteen-year-old Dalton Martin Jowers of Demopolis was at the scene performing CPR and was later arrested and charged with Lauren’s murder; he was released on a $10,000 bond. Lauren had recently graduated from Fairhope High School and planned to attend culinary school to become a baker. Co-workers at Pinzone’s Italian Downtown where she worked remembered her as upbeat and generous; the restaurant closed briefly and held a fundraiser to help her family with funeral costs.

If anyone knew Lauren, her plans, or was in the Demopolis area that night, did you notice anything that could help clarify what happened?