On a tragic day in Lacombe, Louisiana, the life of 21-year-old Qile Sanders was cut short. An African American woman, she was discovered on July 18, 2020, inside a vehicle parked on Bremerman Road within the serene yet secluded Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge. Alongside her was her 20-year-old boyfriend, Sylvanus 'Jed' Ellis III. Both had been fatally shot in what investigators from the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office would later describe as a drug-related incident. Compounding the
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