On the night of January 6, 2024, 33-year-old Tenisha Nisha Butler was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Giant grocery store in the Urbana area of Frederick, Maryland, where she worked. Deputies from the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office found Butler deceased from multiple gunshot wounds after responding to reports of a shooting around 11:00 p.m.

Investigators quickly identified Butler’s estranged husband, 33-year-old Frederick Owusu Sakyi, as the primary suspect. Butler and Sakyi were in the process of a divorce, and court records show she had sought a protective order alleging stalking and seeking to bar him from contacting her or possessing firearms. Sakyi fled after the shooting but was located in Columbia, Maryland, and arrested by Howard County Police within about three hours; officers recovered a handgun and a rifle in his vehicle. He was charged with first-degree murder and several firearm offenses and was ordered held without bond at the Frederick County Adult Detention Center.

Were there witnesses or surveillance not yet reported who saw Butler or her vehicle in the Giant parking lot that night?