Joselyn Thomas was 18 and preparing to begin nursing school at Morgan State University when she was killed after spending time with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Albert Williams III, on August 6, 2024. The two were at a friend’s apartment in the Cambridge Square Apartments complex in Monroeville when an argument broke out. A witness reported hearing Thomas scream AJ stop, AJ, stop before multiple shots were fired; the witness said Williams left the room and then returned and fired more shots.

Thomas’s mother reported her missing the next day, August 7, and officers found Thomas’s body at the apartment that afternoon; she had been shot multiple times. Williams turned himself in later that day and was charged with criminal homicide. At trial he claimed self-defense, with his attorney saying Thomas grabbed scissors and lunged for a gun during a chaotic struggle. Prosecutors argued the seven shots fired amounted to murder. After deliberating about five hours, the jury convicted Williams of voluntary manslaughter. As of September 2026, he was awaiting sentencing and faced a potential 10 to 20 years in prison.

Does anyone have information about Joselyn’s last hours or the events at the Cambridge Square Apartments that evening?