Jennifer Ann Ray was 30 when she was found dead outside a motel room at the inTown Suites in northern Jackson, Mississippi, on August 26, 2020. Investigators determined Ray had been fatally shot. Family and friends remember her as goofy, sweet, and bubbly; her sudden death left them grieving and seeking answers.

Authorities identified Antonio Ames, who had shared the motel room with Ray, as a suspect. Shell casings recovered at the scene linked the shooting to a separate incident two days earlier at the Seagull Hotel. Ames fled the state and was later taken into custody in Louisiana in 2020.

What information did anyone in the area notice around those late-August 2020 incidents that might help clarify what happened?