Karissa Danyelle Hamilton, 29, was found shot to death in the driver’s seat of her gray Nissan Altima in the southeast lot of Steele Indian School Park in Phoenix on the night of February 5, 2023. Officers arrived around 10–11 p.m.; the engine was running and Phoenix Fire Department personnel pronounced her dead at the scene. Investigators immediately treated the incident as a homicide but have released few details about what happened between the time she left Yuma that afternoon and when she was discovered.

Born in Yuma in April 1993, Karissa earned bachelor’s degrees from Northern Arizona University and Arizona State University and was pursuing a career in sports journalism while raising a young son. Relatives say she moved to Phoenix in August 2022 for better opportunities. Family members searched for her the night she disappeared and later learned police had found her shot in the park. As of the latest public update, no suspect has been named and Silent Witness lists the suspect status as unknown; a $10,000 reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest.

Did anyone see Karissa between midday February 5 and that evening, or notice her Altima in the Steele Indian School Park lot that night?