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On October 26, 2016, 21-year-old Sydney Elysse Land and her boyfriend, Nehemiah Neo Kauffman, were shot to death inside Land’s apartment on South Hualapai Way in southwest Las Vegas. A friend found their bodies the next day; investigators determined both had been killed the previous day and reported no sign of forced entry, leading detectives to believe the victims likely knew their attacker or attackers and that at least two male suspects were involved.

Early in the inquiry officers named Shane Suga Valentine as a person of interest after an unrelated, weeks-earlier incident in which he allegedly threatened Kauffman and fired shots into Kauffman’s mother’s home; Valentine was never charged in the double homicide but was arrested on charges stemming from the earlier firearms incident. Investigators also looked at a convicted prostitute and an alleged pimp as leads, and Sydney’s mother, Connie Land, publicly pushed for further investigation into possible targeting by pimps.

No arrests have ever been announced in the killings of Sydney Land and Nehemiah Kauffman. Does anyone have information about the couple, their contacts, or movements in October 2016 that could help bring new leads?