Yazmeen Williams, 31, was found dead on July 5, 2024, in Manhattan’s Kips Bay neighborhood. Her body was discovered wrapped in a sleeping bag and placed inside a trash bag on a street after police responded to calls about a suspicious package. An autopsy found a gunshot wound to the head, and her death was ruled a homicide.

Williams graduated from Buffalo State University with a degree in criminal justice and had been due to start a job with the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development the Monday after she was killed. Family described her as adventurous, musically talented, a cherished daughter, a twin sister, and an older sister who enjoyed riding Citi Bikes.

Police identified 55-year-old Chad Irish as a person of interest; Williams and Irish had lived together since November 2023 and their relationship was reportedly tied to drug use. Surveillance footage from June 26 reportedly shows Irish threatening to shoot Williams, and he was seen on July 5 allegedly dragging Williams’ body in a sleeping bag on a dolly out of their building. Irish, who uses a motorized wheelchair, was arrested and initially charged with concealment of a human corpse; charges were later upgraded to Murder in the Second Degree, Criminal Possession of a Weapon, and Tampering with Physical Evidence, and a grand jury indictment followed.

Did anyone in the area know Yazmeen or notice anything unusual around late June that might help investigators?