Stephanie Smith was murdered in Phoenix, Arizona, after being targeted for her upcoming testimony. She was shot in the head and killed in her home early on November 15, 2000, while reading to her four-year-old son, Jordan. The killing followed an armed robbery at the Affordable Massage parlor on November 7, 2000, during which two men, Ruben Johnson and Jarvis Ross, both affiliated with the Lindo Park Crips, forced entry, robbed Smith and another victim, and were positively identified by both victims; Ross was detained shortly after that robbery.

Johnson and a fellow gang member, Quindell Carter, forced their way into Smith’s house after Johnson obtained her address from an acquaintance. Carter was arrested near the scene; Johnson initially fled but was arrested after confessing to a court clerk, Phyllis Hansen, two days later and leaving papers linking him to the crime. A jury found Ruben Johnson guilty of first-degree murder on December 22, 2003; he was sentenced to death and received additional sentences for assisting a criminal syndicate and for the November 7 armed robbery. Jarvis Ross was prosecuted for his role in the robbery.

Did anyone in Phoenix at the time have information about the robbery, the people who gave up Smith’s address, or what happened the night of November 15?