Unsolved Crimes
2021 Sees 3 Cousins Murdered by Gun Violence
November 17, 2021
STATUS: OPENOn July 28, 2021 at around 5 pm Martaysha Flack, 20 was found in the parking lot of Holston Oaks Apartments in a vehicle suffering from at least one fatal gunshot wound. Also found was a male victim suffering from at least one, non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
Martaysha, better known as Tay by her family and friends died 11 short days after her cousin Chaka Sligh, 36 was shot on East Fifth Avenue and 4 months after losing their cousin, Jamarion “Dada” Gillette, 15 to a shooting on Cherokee Trail.
Tay’s cousin David Gillette says Tay was, “full of life, joy, laughter; beautiful person to be around. Pretty much the life of the party.”
She was attending the Paul Mitchell School of Beauty and is survived by her parents, siblings and daughter A’Moura.
All three of these murders remain unsolved and the Knoxville Police along with their families are asking anyone with information on any of these murders to REMAIN ANONYMOUS and Submit a Tip to East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers online at www.easttnvalleycrimestoppers.org or via the P3 TIPS app
