Nakita Chantryce Davidson, 40, of Birmingham was found dead in a wooded area in southwest Birmingham after a two-day search following an early-morning vehicle crash on April 11, 2024. Officers at the crash near Elmwood Cemetery found spent shell casings, a pool of blood and signs of a possible assault and shooting; the car at the scene had been registered to the suspect’s mother and the suspect’s wallet was reportedly inside.

A witness at the crash said they saw a man, later identified as Davidson’s 37-year-old boyfriend Cedric Dewayne Robertson, shoot a woman, force her into the trunk of her own car and drive away. Davidson’s body was later located inside her 2008 burgundy Saturn Outlook; she had been shot multiple times. Family members said she had been dating Robertson for less than a year and had been planning to end the relationship.

U.S. Marshals and the Birmingham Police Department’s Crime Reduction Team arrested Robertson as he moved between abandoned houses. He was initially booked on first-degree kidnapping; after the body was found the charge was upgraded to capital murder. A detective testified at a May preliminary hearing about the witness account and the physical evidence. Robertson remains in the Jefferson County Jail with no bond.

If anyone knew Nakita or saw her or the vehicle around April 11, please share what was seen with investigators.