Tynesha Devonna Stewart was 19 and a freshman at Texas A&M University studying civil and chemical engineering when she was last seen on March 15, 2007, while home for spring break in Houston. She was reported missing on March 19. Family and friends described her on-again, off-again relationship with ex-boyfriend Timothy Wayne Shepherd as volatile; Stewart had told her sister Shepherd had choked her and threatened her life, and she feared returning to Houston after he resumed regular calls in February 2007.

Investigators focused on Shepherd after he told police he last saw Stewart leaving his apartment following an argument. Officers found the apartment recently cleaned with ammonia and bleach and with fresh paint in places; traces of blood were discovered in the bathroom. Neighbors reported foul odors and unusually intense barbecuing from Shepherd’s balcony. Shepherd later admitted to community activist Quanell X and to police that he had strangled Stewart. Police concluded Stewart was dismembered in Shepherd’s bathtub and burned on two grills over two to three days; bone and tooth enamel fragments were found in his garbage disposal and burned bone fragments with cut marks were recovered under his patio.

The case resulted in a murder conviction at trial in October 2008. Does anyone have memories of Tynesha from Houston or information that could add context to her last days?