Sandra Kay Carter, 65, was fatally shot at her Grand Rapids home on Alpine Avenue NW on the evening of January 3, 2021. She was critically injured, taken to a local hospital, and later died; the Grand Rapids Police Department ruled her death a homicide.

Investigators identified Andre Dimitre Sims as a suspect, saying his motive was a search for Carter’s grandson. Sims was already in custody on unrelated charges from a November 2020 murder-for-hire plot in Macomb County. He was charged with open murder in Carter’s death and later convicted of first-degree murder, felony firearm, and being a felon in possession of ammunition, receiving life without parole. Carter’s daughter Felicia spoke publicly about her grief and her wish that Sims remain incarcerated for life.

What information do readers have about Sandra’s last evening or about anyone who might have been looking for her grandson?