Family of slain woman pleads for someone to come forward and help police solve the case

Mylania Martin, 33, right, touches the shoulder of her mother, Barbara Martin Hightower, as they remember sister and daughter Akeila Roschell Martin during a news conference Tuesday at the Statesboro Police Department. Mylania Martin, Hightower and Statesboro Public Safety Director Wendell Turner are asking anyone with information about Akeila Martin's slaying to come forward.

w 082812 MARTIN PRESSER 1 — Mylania Martin, 33, right, touches the shoulder of her mother, Barbara Martin Hightower, as they remember sister and daughter Akeila Roschell Martin during a news conference Tuesday at the Statesboro Police Department. Mylania Martin, Hightower and Statesboro Public Safety Director Wendell Turner are asking anyone with information about Akeila Martin's slaying to come forward.

The mother and sister of a woman shot to death outside a Statesboro bar tearfully pleaded for someone to help police solve the crime. Barbara Martin Hightower and Mylania Martin hope a $5,000 reward will move someone to tell police what they know about the person who shot and killed Akeila Roschell Martin, 32, in the early morning hours Aug. 19 outside the Platinum Lounge, at 2 Proctor St. “This is so hard for me,” Mylania Martin, 33, the victim’s sister, said during a news conference at the Statesboro Police Department. “We grew up together, and it hurts.

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