Nicole Lee Kerby was a 16-year-old junior at Granger High School and a dancer when she was shot once in the head and killed inside an apartment at 771 S. 200 East in Salt Lake City’s Central City neighborhood on November 19, 1997. She was with several other people, including two children, at the time.

Police identified 24-year-old Blake Christopher Tademy as the person responsible. Witnesses said Tademy, who was on probation for a theft conviction and prohibited from possessing firearms, was recklessly handling a 9mm Glock and aiming its laser sight at friends despite being told to stop. Nicole reportedly handed Tademy the bullets; he loaded the gun, put his finger on the trigger, and discharged it, striking her.

Tademy was arrested days later and charged with manslaughter, possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person, and tampering with evidence. In June 1998, Judge Anne Stirba sentenced him to 1 to 15 years for manslaughter and reinstated his sentence for the prior theft conviction. Did anyone in the Salt Lake City area know Nicole or have information about what happened that night?