Cheyanne Bond was 17 when she was killed on the evening of June 29, 2014, in Newark, New Jersey. Two weeks earlier she had celebrated graduating from Malcolm X Shabazz High School and had plans to study nursing at Union County College. Cheyanne, who lived in nearby Irvington and had been a cheerleader, was walking with her ex-boyfriend near West Side Park on South 17th Street when two armed people tried to rob them of an iPhone. Both victims were shot; her companion survived but Cheyanne was fatally wounded. Her uncle said she was forced to her knees and then shot in the head.

Authorities arrested 31-year-old Andre Field of Irvington on August 4, 2014, charging him with murder, robbery, and weapons offenses, while a second suspect remained at large. On May 6, 2015, those charges against Field were administratively dismissed without prejudice; the prosecutor’s office said dismissal can reflect insufficient credible evidence but permits reinstatement. No other arrests have been announced and the investigation remains open.

Did anyone who knew Cheyanne or who was in the West Side Park area that night see something that could help the case?