Antoinetta Monique Nette Johnson, 34, was shot multiple times and killed inside her beauty salon, Visions of Beauty, on December 13, 2012. The attack happened across the street from the police station and was not believed to be a robbery; investigators linked the killing to her role as a key witness in a separate homicide case.

Johnson, a West Side High School class of 1996 graduate, was a beautician and a mother to a daughter and two sons. Court documents and testimony later showed that Dontaye Singletary, already jailed on charges in the murder of Carl Griffith, had discussed concerns about Johnson’s statement to police and, according to a cellmate, arranged her murder from jail by sending a letter. A description was released of the shooter as a Black man about 5 feet 8 inches with a medium build and medium complexion wearing a hooded sweatshirt.

Did anyone in Gary at the time notice suspicious activity near Visions of Beauty on December 13, 2012, or recognize the man described as the shooter?