Quameisha Dashay Branch, 17, was reported missing February 8 after last being seen about 8:30 p.m. on February 7 in downtown Roanoke Rapids. Her body was found February 10 in a field near Garysburg, North Carolina. Authorities determined she died from a gunshot wound to the head.

The investigation led to the arrest of 27-year-old Marquette Douglas, identified as the boyfriend of Quameisha’s mother, Oniesha Branch; Douglas turned himself in and was charged with first-degree murder. Oniesha Branch was later arrested and charged with felony obstruction of justice and felony accessory after the fact of murder, accused of helping to conceal circumstances surrounding her daughter’s death. Douglas was denied bond and Branch was held under a $90,000 secured bond.

Anyone with information about Quameisha, her last known movements in Roanoke Rapids on February 7, or the events that followed is asked to come forward.