On the morning of February 7, 2015, 48-year-old Mary Jane Townsend of New Haven was found outside at the rear of a building on Second Street with gunshot wounds to her torso. Emergency responders pronounced her dead at the scene after neighbors reported hearing several gunshots just before 1:30 a.m. Mary was remembered by family as a mother and grandmother who was beautiful and sweet and would do anything for anybody.

A witness reported seeing a vehicle fleeing the area; officers pursued the car into neighboring West Haven, where it crashed. The male driver suffered serious injuries and was taken to a hospital and detained for questioning while detectives sought to determine whether he was connected to Townsend’s killing. No arrests have been publicly announced in the case, and investigators did not identify a motive.

Who knew Mary, her movements that night, or anything about the fleeing vehicle?