In October 2022, 17-year-old Taya Land, a young mother, was found dead on the side of I-94 near 8 Mile Road in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. She had been shot three times in the head. Investigators used cell phone data and GPS records that placed Taya and 20-year-old Nathaniel Taylor of Southfield together the morning she died; those records showed Taylor’s vehicle stopped on the freeway for about four minutes.

Authorities say pieces of a 9mm handgun later recovered at Taylor’s home matched the gun used in the killing. Within a week of the discovery, Taylor was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and felony firearm. In April 2024 he pleaded no contest; in May 2024 he was sentenced to 17 to 50 years for second-degree murder plus two years for the felony firearm conviction.

If anyone knew Taya or saw activity on I-94 near 8 Mile Road that morning, please share what you know.