Tanisha Norton was a 36-year-old Black woman found dead inside her home on Aberdeen Drive in Dothan, Alabama, on the morning of March 3, 2016. Neighbors reported Norton’s daughter discovered her at about 6:30 a.m. and called 911. First responders found Norton had suffered a gunshot wound and was already deceased; police initially opened a suspicious-death investigation.

Investigators quickly focused on James Morris Johnson Jr., described as Norton’s longtime companion. An all-points bulletin and searches followed; Johnson surrendered to law enforcement in Clayton, Alabama, on March 11, 2016, and was returned to Dothan and charged with murder. A Houston County grand jury later indicted him.

The medical examiner’s findings shifted during the case, first reporting the death as a suicide and later changing the manner of death to undetermined. That change became a central issue at trial. Johnson denied killing Norton and filed a federal civil-rights action while detained asserting misconduct by officials; those are his allegations. A jury ultimately acquitted Johnson of the murder charge, and no other arrest or conviction in connection with Norton’s death is identified.

Did anyone in the Dothan area know Norton, her movements in early March 2016, or have information that could help explain what happened?