Kayota Washington, 47, was found dead at her North Las Vegas home on the 6200 block of Wildcat Brook Court on November 8, 2016. The Clark County coroner determined she died of a gunshot wound to the head and ruled the death a homicide.

Investigators quickly identified a possible domestic motive and arrested 63-year-old Randal McCray on November 12, 2016; McCray and Washington had been in a relationship. Kayota was remembered by family as very family-oriented, raised in Detroit and the mother of three daughters, whose lives were left profoundly affected by her death.