On February 8, 2018, 30-year-old Jamie Montell Pittman of Petal was shot and later died at a Hattiesburg hospital. Officers responded to a medical distress call at a residence on the 200 block of Unetta Street and found Pittman with a critical gunshot wound; she was pronounced dead after being transported for treatment and the case was upgraded to a homicide investigation.

Investigators focused on specific individuals early in the probe and obtained warrants based on scene evidence and witness statements. Hattiesburg resident John Erskin Roberts Jr., 31, was charged with first-degree murder, accused of delivering the fatal shot. A second person, 21-year-old Torriana Lechelle Wesley of Hattiesburg, was arrested and charged with accessory after the fact, accused of aiding Roberts after the shooting. Both were processed and held with bond set pending further court action.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who recall activity on Unetta Street that night or who knew Jamie’s movements beforehand?