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On the night of Friday, August 17, 2012, seven-year-old Kristyana Jackson and her mother returned to their Kilbourn Street home in Elkhart, Indiana, after a high school football game. Around 10:30 p.m. they were confronted on the front porch by two or three armed, masked men dressed in black. Kristyana’s father, John Jackson, who was inside with the family’s infant, heard screams and came to the door; the assailants opened fire, wounding John three times and fatally striking Kristyana once in the head.

Kristyana was taken to Memorial Hospital in South Bend and remained on life support for two days before being declared brain dead; her family decided to donate her organs. Elkhart police treated the incident as a home invasion and conducted hundreds of interviews and public appeals but have identified no suspects. The family has kept the case in public view with vigils, fundraisers and a Crime Stoppers billboard, and a reward has been offered for information leading to arrests.

If anyone in Elkhart that night saw activity near Kilbourn Street or knows anything about the attackers, what can be shared with investigators?