Tara Renee Smith, 33, was found dead from a gunshot inside a west-side Indianapolis home on October 28, 2020. She lived in Plainfield and is described as a devoted mother and caring friend. Responding officers discovered Smith inside a residence on Grand Prix Drive near West 21st Street and Cunningham Road after reports of a person shot.

Smith’s boyfriend, John Henry, was at the scene and initially told officers the gun had discharged during a struggle or that Smith had taken her own life. Investigators found inconsistencies with that account, and their work — including information later provided by the couple’s three-year-old child — led the Marion County Coroner’s Office to rule the death a homicide in March 2021. An arrest warrant was issued, and Henry was arrested and charged with murder on November 24, 2021. In January 2024 a jury convicted John Henry of murdering Tara Smith and he was sentenced to 55 years in prison.

If anyone knew Tara, her routines, or was in the neighborhood that night, please share information that could help build a fuller picture of what happened.