In February 2024, 27-year-old Teangela Tate of Jacksonville, Arkansas, and her 2-month-old son, Noel Mott, were found dead on the side of an Interstate 440 on-ramp in North Little Rock. An 18-month-old boy, also a son of Tate, was found alive but critically injured and taken to a nearby hospital for emergency care. Investigators say Tate had been shot inside the Jacksonville home she shared with Willie Mott Jr., and that her body and the children were moved to the on-ramp where they were discovered by a commercial truck driver.

Authorities identified 43-year-old Willie Mott Jr., who was in a relationship with Tate and fathered Noel, as a person of interest and arrested him in connection with the killings. He was charged with two counts of capital murder for the deaths of Tate and Noel and one count of attempted capital murder for the injured toddler. Willie Mott Jr.’s mother, 70-year-old Diane Mott, was also arrested on charges of hindering apprehension and tampering with physical evidence for an alleged role in assisting her son after the killings.

What information can anyone share about Teangela’s life in Jacksonville or about movements in North Little Rock that night?