On the evening of August 16, 2011, Nazish Noorani, a 27-year-old Pakistani-American mother of two, was shot multiple times in the chest while walking with her husband, Kashif Parvaiz, and their three-year-old son in Boonton, New Jersey. Noorani died at the scene; her husband suffered wounds to his shoulder and foot and the child was unhurt.

Initial statements from Parvaiz described a group attack with anti-Muslim slurs, but investigators found inconsistencies and shifted their focus. Evidence including text messages between Parvaiz and 26-year-old Antoinette Stephen indicated a conspiracy. Those messages and other findings allege Parvaiz arranged for Stephen to travel to Boonton and shoot the couple; the murder weapon was later found inside Parvaiz’s SUV.

Both Parvaiz and Stephen were arrested and charged with murder, conspiracy, and weapons offenses; Parvaiz also faced child endangerment charges. Stephen later pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate; Parvaiz was tried and convicted. Did anyone in the Boonton area see the couple or a vehicle in the neighborhood that night?