On May 11, 2023, 29-year-old Monique Aldridge was shot to death inside her Hayward, California, home on Cassia Way. According to charging documents, her 33-year-old ex-husband Vaughn Boatner of San Mateo allegedly entered the residence and shot Aldridge multiple times in the head. Aldridge’s 28-year-old boyfriend, who was present, was critically injured but survived; a 5-year-old son shared by Aldridge and Boatner was in the home but unharmed and did not witness the shootings.

An autopsy found Aldridge was in the early stages of pregnancy. Family members said they were unaware of ongoing conflicts between the former couple, who shared custody and had been divorced for several years. Boatner fled after the killing and was located by U.S. Marshals in Seattle on May 22, 2023. He faces charges including murder, attempted murder, child endangerment and being a felon in possession of a firearm, and is being held without bail pending extradition to California. The Alameda County DA has said it will seek major gun enhancements; the family remembers Aldridge as a devoted mother who graduated from UC Davis, worked in healthcare and ran a personal training business.

Did anyone in the Hayward area see or hear anything on Cassia Way the morning of May 11, 2023?