Daysha Cazley was a 16-year-old Black girl from Whiting, Indiana, described by her family as sweet, hardworking and generous. She worked summer jobs, hoped to open a beauty salon one day, and had befriended a young woman who was homeless; her family said Daysha often helped that woman with food or hotel rooms.

On the morning of March 13, 2023, police were called to the Holland Inn & Suites in South Holland, Illinois, about 6:15 a.m. for what officers initially described as a domestic dispute. Inside a hotel room Daysha had been shot once in the chest and was pronounced dead at 6:40 a.m.

South Holland police arrested 21-year-old Kennisha Laing of Olympia Fields at the scene; Laing was the friend Daysha had been helping and was charged with first-degree murder. In the days after the shooting, Daysha’s family returned to the hotel seeking answers and said they were shocked and heartbroken.

Does anyone have information about Daysha’s activities in South Holland or who she was with the morning of March 13, 2023?