Cynthia Platt, a 26-year-old White woman, was working as an armed security guard at an industrial park off Monroe Boulevard in Taylor, Michigan, when she was fatally shot on the night of October 9, 2024. The initial 911 call from her boyfriend reported a suicide, but officers found Cynthia shot with her own firearm, her car and gun missing, and the boyfriend absent from the scene — circumstances that shifted the investigation to a homicide.

Police located and arrested the boyfriend within hours, and family members later described the relationship as physically and emotionally abusive, saying Cynthia had been trying to leave and had expressed fear for her safety. After being held the maximum time without charges, the boyfriend was released when prosecutors asked police to collect additional evidence before filing charges.

Cynthia’s family remains distraught and continues to press for a full accounting of what happened that night and for the person responsible to be held to account. If anyone has information about Cynthia, her movements on October 9, 2024, or the whereabouts of her car and firearm after that night, please come forward.