In the early morning hours of June 3, 2017, 22-year-old Mikaela Bond Hill was killed by gunfire at her Waterloo, Iowa, home at 717 Hope Avenue. Shooters fired from outside; at least one bullet entered a bedroom window and struck Mikaela in the head. She was taken to UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital, where she died. At the time of the shooting her boyfriend and her three young children were inside the house; none were physically injured though rounds passed over them before striking a wall.

Investigators recovered shell casings in the yard near a child’s toy lawn mower and treated the incident as a homicide. No arrest has been announced. Cedar Valley Crime Stoppers has offered a reward, and the case was submitted to Iowa Cold Cases in February 2018. If anyone knew Mikaela, her movements that night, or saw suspicious activity near 717 Hope Avenue around 3 a.m., please come forward with information that could help solve this case.