Lenora Alston, 35, was shot and killed in Baltimore in the early hours of March 15, 2024. Surveillance shows she entered a white Chevrolet Malibu outside her mother’s home on the 1000 block of Fulton Avenue to meet a man known as Ratchet. A struggle inside the car preceded multiple gunshot wounds; she was found after reports of gunfire around 2:17 a.m., taken to a hospital and later died. Investigators say she was shot six times, including a close-range shot to the face.

Phone records led police to identify Ratchet as 30-year-old Reginald Peay. Officers located him the same day; he discarded a firearm onto a rooftop and was found with keys to the white Malibu. Peay was arrested on a handgun violation and later charged with first-degree murder and other firearm offenses. The trial featured conflicting accounts about who had the gun. A jury convicted Peay of first-degree murder and related counts. Alston’s mother described the loss as a spiritual and physical hole that could not be filled.

If anyone knew Lenora, her movements that night, or has information about the meeting or the white Chevrolet Malibu, please share what is known.