On the morning of November 21, 2022, police found 25-year-old KaJala ReNea Chris Lawson deceased in the driver’s seat of her vehicle on Reedy Road in Conway, Arkansas. She had sustained multiple gunshot wounds, a scene investigators determined to be a homicide.

Lawson had moved to Conway from McGehee, where she was born, and graduated from Conway High School. Those who knew her remembered a hardworking young woman with plans in nursing and food management, who loved music, dancing and her family. Friends described her as kind and outgoing, someone who never met a stranger.

The Conway Police Department opened an investigation and offered a reward for information leading to an arrest. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced. If anyone knew KaJala or has information about what happened that morning, please come forward to help bring answers.