Breonna T. Patterson was 20 when she was found fatally shot inside her Newport News apartment in the early morning hours of August 29, 2018. A neighbor at the City Line Apartments on Mytilene Drive heard gunfire and called police; officers arrived at about 3:59 a.m. and found Patterson inside after discovering her apartment door unlocked. Medics pronounced her dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds.

Within days investigators identified 25-year-old Markeis Lamar Parks of Newport News as a suspect known to the victim. Parks was considered armed and dangerous and was taken into custody after a seven-hour standoff on September 4 at a Briarfield Road residence in Hampton; he surrendered to a Tactical Operations Unit without further incident. He was charged with first-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a felon, and using a firearm in the commission of a felony. Court documents include a witness statement that an argument between Parks and Patterson preceded the shooting and that Parks fired while Patterson was on the floor. Parks has denied committing the crime and said he was home with his girlfriend at the time.

What information do readers have about Patterson’s life, her relationships, or that August 29 timeline that could help the case?