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Valerie Regina Coleman, 55, was found fatally shot inside a residence on the 1700 block of 16th Street SE in Washington, D.C., on the morning of December 2, 2017. Officers arrived about 8:13 a.m., discovered her with multiple gunshot wounds, and D.C. Fire and EMS determined there were no signs of life. She was later taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Within hours, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 47-year-old Kevin Lamont Smith of Southeast D.C. and charged him with second-degree murder while armed. Court hearings in early 2018 showed prosecutors believed Smith likely committed the shooting; later that year he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release. Reporting in court said prosecutors tied the killing to Smith’s suspicions of infidelity involving his girlfriend, who was Coleman’s youngest daughter. Coleman’s family described the lasting loss the sentence could not undo.

Did anyone in the neighborhood or family have information about Coleman's movements or who had regular access to that residence?