Nelson McCullough was 28 when he was fatally shot at his home on West Monroe Street in Jonesboro, Arkansas on May 25, 2015. McCullough, a Black man who worked as a welder for American Railcar Industries Inc. and was a father of three, was found in the front room and later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Witnesses in the house reported that two men entered the residence, shot McCullough, and fled in a gray car.

Investigators later focused on 25-year-old Tonisha Mitchell. Testimony presented during proceedings said Mitchell went to McCullough’s home with two others intending to buy marijuana and that Mitchell shot him without provocation. Mitchell was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.

Mitchell was convicted in 2017 and given life, but the Arkansas Supreme Court overturned that conviction in March 2019 because the courtroom had been closed during key testimony, violating her right to a public trial. Facing retrial, she pleaded guilty in August 2019 to first-degree murder and robbery and received a 35-year sentence.

Does anyone have information about the people who were reported to have been with Mitchell that night or about the gray car seen leaving the scene?