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On April 4, 2016, 25-year-old Aleshia Schmincke Hill was found shot to death in her Camden, New Jersey home alongside her 23-year-old fiancé, John Valerio. Hill was discovered by the landlord in an upstairs bedroom; Valerio’s body was downstairs. Both had been shot at close range and Hill also suffered blunt force trauma to the head. There were no signs of forced entry. The landlord had come to the house to make a repair and made the discovery.

Hill worked as a waitress and the night before she was killed she had been out with her mother, grandmother, and sister. The couple had been engaged and planned to move to Pennsauken in two weeks; Hill had already picked out her wedding dress. Investigators say personal items including cellphones, cash, and Hill’s engagement ring were taken, and the probe led to a co-worker of Valerio. In August 2016, Gary Johnson was arrested and charged with two counts of murder; prosecutors said he and Valerio knew each other from work and that robbery appeared to be the motive.

Did anyone in East Camden know about tensions around Valerio’s past or notice anyone unusual near the couple’s home in early April 2016?