Camrah Trotter was 20 and in the third trimester of pregnancy when she was shot and killed on August 7, 2016, at her apartment in the Fairlawn Green Apartments in Topeka, Kansas. Her boyfriend, 23-year-old Dominique Ray, was also fatally shot that night, and the couple’s unborn daughter, named Ariyah, did not survive. The incident was investigated as a triple homicide.

In September 2020 police arrested 38-year-old Yanez Sanford and charged him with capital murder, premeditated murder, rape, and kidnapping in connection with the three deaths. Prosecutors relied on DNA evidence and eyewitness identifications, including identification by Trotter’s young daughter and a cousin who had been with Ray. The defense argued the sexual contact was consensual and allegedly recent, challenged the child identification, suggested other people may have been responsible, and noted that 30 police body camera videos were inadvertently destroyed.

A jury acquitted Sanford of all charges in May 2024. No other person has been charged and the deaths of Camrah Trotter, Dominique Ray, and their unborn daughter remain unsolved. Does anyone have information about the night of August 7, 2016, or those involved that could help move this case forward?