Brittany Booker was a 30-year-old mother of six from Racine, Wisconsin. Described by her family as generous and focused on becoming a nurse, her life ended after a violent episode that began weeks earlier when she tried to help a friend leave an abusive relationship.

On February 27, 2022, Booker and the friend went to the apartment the friend had shared with Terry L. Jackson Jr. Jackson arrived and attacked both women with a hammer; Booker was struck in the head multiple times, left heavily bleeding and semi-conscious. A warrant was issued and Jackson went on the run.

In the early morning of April 24, 2022, Jackson went to Booker’s home; a doorbell camera recorded him leaving the house with her at 5:30 a.m. Her oldest son found blood in her bedroom and police later discovered Booker’s body inside her vehicle near 13th and Villa Street; she had multiple injuries, including a gunshot wound to the head. Jackson was arrested on May 22, 2022, charged with 23 felonies and held on a $10 million cash bond. He later entered a plea to four felony counts in January 2026, then sought to withdraw that plea; as of March 2026 the court was considering his request.

Did anyone in Racine know Brittany or see her in the days before April 24, 2022?