Yetundi Yvonne Negitra Maples, 46, was found shot to death in her Las Vegas home at 5806 Spectacular Bid Street in the early hours of October 27, 2022. Her 6-year-old son heard a gunshot, discovered her with a gunshot wound to the head, and, barefoot and shirtless, went to a neighbor to report that his mother had been killed. A neighbor observed the boy confront his mother’s boyfriend, 43-year-old Ishmil Deon Swafford, who reportedly told the child Your mom will be fine and then fled on a motorcycle.

Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department arrived about 1:20 a.m. and found Maples deceased. Investigators recovered a .45 caliber cartridge casing outside the bedroom and four additional cartridges near her body. Friends and family had reportedly urged Maples to end the relationship with Swafford because of prior physical abuse. On October 28, Swafford was arrested and charged with open murder with a deadly weapon and booked into the Clark County Detention Center without bail. Maples’ daughter started a GoFundMe for funeral costs and thanked her younger brother for his bravery.

If anyone knew Yetundi Maples, her household, or has information about what happened that night, please share what can help the investigation.