On January 15, 2012, 21-year-old Octavia Barnett was found shot to death in her Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, apartment in a triple homicide that also killed her roommate, 25-year-old Natasha Plummer, and Plummer’s six-month-old son, Carlton Stringer Jr. A friend discovered the bodies after not hearing from them for some time. The Broward Sheriff’s Office confirmed the victims had been shot; more detailed scene information was not released immediately.

Investigators arrested Lineten Belizaire, described as Barnett’s former boyfriend, and charged him with three counts of second-degree murder. Belizaire denied involvement. His separate October arrest on charges of filing false federal income tax returns to collect fraudulent refunds delayed the murder trial that had been scheduled for the following year. Barnett’s family, especially the grandmother who raised her, was left grieving; Barnett’s younger sister, Alicia, was also killed later that year in Central Florida, though authorities ultimately found no connection between the two crimes.

Did anyone in Lauderdale Lakes at the time have information about Barnett’s relationships or movements in the weeks before January 15, 2012?