Rebecca Everett

Not even close.

The killer is going to be tried again soon.

On murder charges for yet another victim.

So let's dive in.

We're going to start in Newark.

We're Jersey transplants, so locals have to forgive me if I say Newark.

I'm still training myself to say it like the locals do.

Newark.

One syllable.

It's still a place that people are drawn to for drugs, sex, or whatever trouble they're after.

But back in 2016, Newark was really living up to its reputation as a dangerous city.

It had 100 murderers that year.

The police were understaffed and the feds were stepping in because of racial profiling and brutality.

It was a tough year for a city that has seen a lot of tough years.

16-year-old Janisha was trying to pay attention.

Then suddenly, the classroom's phone rings.

They want to see her in the main office.

Mawa Dumbia is one of her best friends, a beautiful 15-year-old girl with a heart-shaped face, long braids, and hazel eyes she hid behind gray contacts.

She emigrated with her dad and little sister from the Ivory Coast when she was eight or nine.

But her best friends, who were all a little older and saw her as their little sister, tried just as hard to give her that love she craved and be her protectors to always look out for her.