Eva Carmichael, 94, was found murdered in her Meridian, Mississippi, home on March 1, 2015. Officers responding to a hang-up 911 call discovered her deceased inside a burglarized residence on Fifth Street; investigators determined she had been shot multiple times.

Within days, four teenagers were arrested and charged with capital murder and burglary: 18-year-old Jaquis Houston, 17-year-old Deshay Shively, 18-year-old Marcus Steele II, and 18-year-old Juwan McCullum. Authorities say Mrs. Carmichael surprised the suspects while they were burglarizing her home, which led to the fatal shooting. All four were held without bond on the capital murder charge; bond was set at $200,000 each for the burglary charge.

A preliminary hearing produced probable cause and the case was bound over to the Lauderdale County Grand Jury. Marcus Steele II was later convicted of second-degree murder and burglary and sentenced to 30 years for the murder plus 9 years for burglary.

If anyone knew Mrs. Carmichael or has information about the night of March 1, 2015, please come forward.