Velencia Spears, 29, was shot to death inside the lower unit of a duplex near 55th and Keefe in Milwaukee in the early hours of September 22, 2019. Police were called about 4:50 a.m. for an attempted break-in at the upper unit; officers found a shotgun shell on the front lawn and the lower-unit door slightly open. Inside, Spears was located on the floor with multiple gunshot wounds. An autopsy recorded gunshot injuries to the head, wrist, and cheek, and her death was ruled a homicide.

Investigation linked the killing to domestic abuse and identified 26-year-old Javontrae Price as the suspect. Price’s father called 911 shortly before police arrived to report his son had shot someone and to indicate where a pistol-grip shotgun with apparent blood on it could be found. Price then went to the Milwaukee Police Department’s District 4 station around 5 a.m., reportedly confessed to the desk sergeant, and was arrested.

Price was charged with first-degree reckless homicide with a domestic abuse modifier, later pleaded guilty to that charge in February 2020, and was sentenced in November 2020 to 25 years in prison followed by 12 years of extended supervision. Does anyone have information about Velencia’s life or the circumstances that night that could help fill gaps in the timeline?