On March 31, 2019, 35-year-old Mikeya Sheniece Day, a Black/African American mother of four, was fatally shot in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Neighbors saw Day, covered in blood, knocking on a Hancock Street door seeking help; she left before police arrived and later died at a local hospital of a gunshot wound. Witnesses reported screams and a gunshot around that time.

Investigators focused on Day’s boyfriend, 31-year-old Jamar Terrelle Purdle, who had accompanied her to the hospital and showed no visible injuries. Purdle was charged in connection with her death, along with weapons offenses and prosecuted as a habitual offender; court records describe prior convictions and past allegations of domestic abuse by former partners.

Did anyone in Grand Rapids know Mikeya or have information about what happened on Hancock Street that night?