Earnestia Ne Ne Hunter was a 15-year-old Black girl from Indianola, Mississippi, who died after suffering a fatal gunshot wound on the evening of November 13, 2016, six days before her 16th birthday. She was at her home when a man later identified as Dwayne Dabney visited; Dabney drove her to Sunflower County Hospital but left without providing staff any identifying information or an explanation of what had happened, then went to Belzoni.

Indianola police developed Dabney as a suspect, coordinated with Belzoni officers, and brought him back to Indianola for questioning. Witnesses identified Dabney as the shooter, and he was charged in connection with Earnestia’s death. On March 6, 2019, Dabney entered an open guilty plea to manslaughter. At a sentencing hearing on April 30, 2019, the court sentenced him to 20 years, with 15 years to serve in prison and five years on probation.

Did anyone in the community have contact with Earnestia around November 13, 2016, or recall seeing her that evening?