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Breanna Eskridge was 17 when she was shot and killed near 12th and Concordia in Milwaukee on July 19, 2015. Investigators concluded she was targeted; her mother told police she believed Breanna was killed for having witnessed the July 11 fatal shooting of her boyfriend, Eddie Powe.

Authorities focused on Antonio Smith, 34, and Wynette McClelland, 33. McClelland — who said she was a good friend of Breanna and her twin sister — was with Eskridge shortly before the killing and was told by Breanna that she had been present at Powe’s murder. McClelland later told police she had seen Smith shoot Powe and that Smith feared Eskridge would identify him. Cell phone records showed communication between Smith and McClelland before Eskridge was shot.

Investigators say Smith, while jailed in connection with Powe’s killing, made calls and video chats that referenced a storage unit. A search warrant on that unit reportedly turned up the firearms and ammunition used in both homicides. In March 2016 Smith and McClelland were charged in Eskridge’s death; Smith also faced a felony weapons charge. Smith later pleaded guilty to first-degree intentional homicide and McClelland pleaded guilty to second-degree reckless homicide.

Did anyone in Milwaukee know Breanna, her movements that week, or have information about the people who were with her before she was killed?