Jazzmine Rembert was 17 when she was found dead in a basement in Waterloo, Iowa, in the early morning of October 19, 2014. Police arrived just before 2:00 a.m. and discovered her unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head; she was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim was Black.

Investigators focused on 18-year-old Quaderious Spates, who was alleged to have been with Rembert in the basement of his grandmother’s home when the shooting occurred. Authorities charged Spates with involuntary manslaughter, possession of a weapon as a felon, and trafficking in stolen weapons; he told investigators there had been a struggle over a firearm he said he bought on the street. Spates later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to ten years in prison and ordered to pay $150,000 in restitution.

Anyone who knew Jazzmine, her movements that night, or who has information about the events in that basement is asked to come forward.