Easter Wright, 31, was found dead in Chicago on August 24, 2008. Her death occurred during a year when the city recorded a sharp rise in violent crime, with over 500 homicides reported in 2008 and many incidents involving gunfire in neighborhoods affected by poverty and gang activity.

That lack of detail makes it difficult to reconstruct the circumstances of her death or determine whether her case received further public follow-up; like many victims in 2008, her case appears to have been minimally publicized.