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In spring 2019, 29-year-old Dasia Patterson was shot and killed in her Phoenix home by her partner, Austin Smith. The violence that night also took the lives of two of their daughters, seven-year-old Mayan and five-year-old Nasha. A third daughter, age three, was physically unharmed after hiding under a bed during the attack.

Police say the attack began after Smith returned from a bar and accused Patterson of infidelity. According to reports, Smith admitted to the killings, saying he believed he was justified. After shooting Patterson and one daughter, he bludgeoned the other daughter. He then drove to another location and fatally shot a man he suspected of being involved with Patterson, wounding two others before being taken into custody. He faced multiple charges including first-degree murder and later pleaded guilty and received a life sentence.

Who in the Phoenix area knew Dasia or her family and might be able to add details about her life or the events that led up to that night?