Kadijah Nashae Stewart was 19 when she was found shot to death inside a car in Richmond, Virginia. On January 31, 2014, at about 1:50 a.m., officers responded to a disturbance on Mandalay Road and discovered the young Black woman with multiple gunshot wounds; she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators concluded Kadijah was an intended target. Detectives identified 23-year-old Lionel Carter III as a person of interest; the two were described as being intimately involved in a relationship that family members called violent. Witnesses said Carter and Stewart had been in his mother’s car shortly before the shooting, and one witness testified to overhearing a phone call that night in which Carter threatened to kill Stewart. The prosecution argued jealousy was the motive.

A jury convicted Carter of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a murder; he received a 33-year sentence. If anyone knew Kadijah, saw her that night, or has information that could shed light on what happened, please come forward.