Donna Mills Death | Obituary – Shot Dead, December 15th, 2007
A projectile doesn’t have the foggiest idea what lies in its way. It could be a window, a sign or for this situation… a young lady sleeping in her bed.
It was December fifteenth, 2007. Donna Mills, 29, was sleeping in her Confederate Point Road loft.
“At some point around 3 a.m., police were dispatched out to the high rise as a result of the sound of gunfire,” discloses to Detective Ray Reeves with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Unit.
He says the reacting officials checked the Preserve lofts, however in the dimness of night didn’t see anything and left. Around 11 a.m. officials were gotten back to out to the loft for a projectile strike to a vehicle. In the light of day the officials saw numerous shell housings and projectile gaps – one directly through a ground floor window.
In the months after Donna’s passing, her loved ones gave out a huge number of pamphlets arguing for data from the general population about who shot the destructive shots. Data that never came.
Donna Mills was 29-years of age, worked at Vystar Credit Union, adored photography and was known as “Dee” by her family growing up. They recollect her giving heart, investing energy chipping in for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
She wasn’t an individual with adversaries.
“There were no different affiliations, this wasn’t a focused on individual, it just appears to be totally silly,” tells Det. Reeves.
So what occurred in that parking area on that cool December morning? Officials state they discovered 10 different things that had been struck by gunfire including the vehicle, a sign and Donna’s window. Det. Reeves says some sort of fight occurred in the territory directly before her window.
“It was contained here, the gunfire was here, it wasn’t out on the street itself,” he clarifies.
There was no surveillance camera film, yet housings left at the scene.
“From the housings that we have there, that coordinated the one that murdered Donna Mills, we do realize that. A portion of the others, we can’t tell in the event that it was one or various or on the off chance that it was, for absence of a superior word, a weapon fight. We simply don’t have the foggiest idea. Or on the other hand on the off chance that it was an irregular shooting,” tells Det. Reeves.
He says in its wake individuals were apprehensive, nobody would give a depiction of the shooter. Leads didn’t work out and however proof has been re-tried, they are trusting somebody in general society can help bring them new tips.
“Possibly somebody heard somebody talk about this or perhaps somebody has referenced a few subtleties of this. Perhaps somebody who wasn’t home that day got notification from another person, regardless of whether it is prattle we need to know,” he says.
In the event that you have any data, it would be ideal if you call the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office at 904-630-0500. You can likewise call CrimeStoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS. A different $11,000 reward is being offered by The Justice Coalition for data that prompts a capture and conviction.
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