Tyliyah Whitis was 15 when she was found dead in a crashed vehicle at the Hawthorne Hill Apartments in Cedar Rapids on July 20, 2021. Investigators determined she had sustained at least one gunshot wound, and the scene and vehicle showed significant damage. She had been visiting her sister from Peoria, Illinois, and family remembered her as funny, pretty, always smiling and cracking jokes, and a talented basketball player with her future ahead of her.

In February 2022 authorities arrested 19-year-old Marshawn Rome Jackson of Cedar Rapids and charged him with first-degree murder, intimidation with a dangerous weapon, and being a person ineligible to carry dangerous weapons in connection with Tyliyah’s death. A second person was later arrested in the case, though fewer details about that arrest were released.

Does anyone have information about Tyliyah’s movements in Cedar Rapids on July 20, 2021, or about people who might have been with her that day?