On the night of August 14, 2023, 24-year-old Shaniqua Smith was found inside a trailer on Olinde Street in New Roads, Louisiana, dead of a gunshot wound. The incident followed a recent breakup and is being investigated as a domestic-related homicide.

Authorities identified Smith’s recent ex-girlfriend, Marian Williams, as a person of interest. Before the shooting the New Roads Police Department already had an active warrant for Williams for nonconsensual disclosure of a private image. After Smith’s body was discovered, Williams fled the scene but left behind her cell phone and identification, prompting a search that reached Williams’ hometown of Marrero.

About a month after the killing, on August 22, 2023, Williams surrendered to authorities. If anyone in New Roads or Marrero has information about Shaniqua’s last hours or the events leading up to August 14, please come forward.