On January 19, 2023, 14-year-old Miyka Crawford was killed when her family’s temporary home in Coolidge, Arizona, was struck by a barrage of gunfire just after midnight. Miyka had been sleeping in a living room bed that the family used while the house was under renovation; she was struck in the head and did not survive. The family had moved from Michigan to Arizona before the shooting. Miyka is remembered as bright and bubbly, with plans to sell natural soaps and sugar scrubs.

Investigators treated the incident as a targeted drive-by shooting that struck the wrong house. Police identified a stolen blue Kia sedan as the suspect vehicle and later found it abandoned in Gilbert. Four people were arrested in connection with the attack: 19-year-old Derrick Manual of Gilbert, a 17-year-old male from Gilbert, a 15-year-old male from Laveen, and a 14-year-old female from Casa Grande; the family said they knew one juvenile suspect. The arrestees faced charges including first-degree murder, drive-by shooting, and multiple counts of aggravated assault.

Did anyone in the Coolidge area have information about the blue Kia or the nights leading up to January 19, 2023?