NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) -Rutta Simon needs she might spend this Mother’s Day weekend along with her mother, Freweini Gebremicael.

“There’s nothing like your mom,” Simon stated teary eyed.

People in Nashville knew Gebremicael as ‘Winnie’.

On May 7, 2006, Winnie’s physique was present in a ditch off Whitsett Road. She was shot and her physique was set on fireplace.

“Whoever did this, they took a precious person from me. She didn’t deserve this. What they did was wrong,” Simon stated.

It’s been 16 years and Winnie’s killer remains to be strolling free. Simon, and her members of the family, are pleading for solutions. They are hoping detectives discover the particular person answerable for capturing and killed Winnie.

“I really need the community’s help to come forward and help me solve this. I can’t do this on my own. The family really needs justice. Even though we can’t bring her back, at least we can get justice for her and get some sort of closure as to what happened and why and who did it,” Simon defined.

On May 7, 2022, Winnie’s family members gathered at Richland Park for a vigil for the 34-year-old whose life was reduce quick.

“We came to this country when I was young to chase the American dream and for it to end up like this, it’s devastating,” Simon stated she was two years previous when she, her mother, and brother moved to the United States from the East African nation, Eritrea. Winnie opened her personal metropolis espresso store on Second Avenue after shifting to Nashville.

There’s an $11,000 reward provided to anybody who comes ahead with details about Winnie’s demise.

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