On the early morning of January 4, 2011, six-year-old Kenyatta Desiree Kendrick was asleep in her Eclectic, Alabama home when a barrage of gunfire struck the house. A single bullet to her side killed the first-grader, who had been known to family as Yattaboo and had recently been playing with Christmas toys. Up to eighteen rounds from a high-caliber rifle were reported fired during the attack; Kenyatta’s 19-year-old uncle, sleeping in a nearby chair, was hit in the hip and ankle and survived.

Investigators treated the incident as a drive-by shooting tied to a reported feud with another family member. Three people were arrested: 18-year-old Aaron McDowell, 17-year-old Bernard Nix, and 25-year-old Stalandus Slaughter, each charged with capital murder in Kenyatta’s death and assault for the uncle’s injuries. Very little about the shooters’ motive beyond the family dispute has been publicly detailed.

If anyone knew Kenyatta or has information about that night, please share what might help the case.