Francesca Ratchford was shot and killed at her home at 848 Congress Avenue in New Haven on July 28, 2015. Police were called just after 4:00 a.m.; officers found the 25-year-old with multiple gunshot wounds and she was pronounced dead at the scene. She was a mother to a six-year-old son and was known to family and friends as Lala.

Detectives cordoned off Congress Avenue, interviewed neighbors and searched for evidence. Witnesses described hearing gunshots and a woman’s scream, then seeing a shirtless man with dreadlocks running from the scene. Despite those accounts and an active investigation at the time, no arrests have ever been announced and the case later went cold.

Her family and neighbors held vigils and prayer walks in the wake of her death. If anyone has information about that summer morning on Congress Avenue, please share what is known with New Haven police.