A quiet Sunday afternoon in Springfield, Tennessee, on March 10, 2024, ended in a double homicide when two women were found shot inside a white Dodge Challenger parked on Pine Circle. Nicole J. Lane, 29, and 26-year-old Deshawna M. Traughber both suffered gunshot wounds. Emergency personnel attempted to save Nicole at the scene but she died of her injuries; Deshawna was pronounced dead when officers arrived.

Investigation attention focused on 27-year-old Monray Vontez Johnson of Nashville, identified as Traughber’s boyfriend. An aunt of Johnson’s reported seeing him standing beside the vehicle immediately after the shooting and confronting him; she recounted he allegedly said the B**** is dead before fleeing. Cell phone data placed Johnson at the scene and he was located a short time later hiding in another vehicle at 21st and Blair Street. He was arrested by the Springfield Police Department and charged with two counts of criminal homicide; he is being held without bond at the Robertson County Detention Facility. Authorities said they do not believe there is further danger to the public.

Nicole Lane was a mother to daughter Bianca and son Nicholas and worked as a Relationship Banker at Bank of America. She was remembered as energetic and strong-willed at a service held at Greater Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksville, Tennessee. Has anyone with knowledge of Nicole, Deshawna, or that area on March 10 seen or heard anything that could help the investigation?