"I remember that her and my father had recently broken up and she wasn't responding well to that," said Crystal Blake, Barnes' daughter. "She needed money quickly so she became a bartender and started living the night life. I think she was familiar with the Southside prior to being with my father so naturally, she went back to what she knew."

That familiarity would prove deadly.

On November 13, 1993, Barnes was shot and killed in the parking lot of CD's restaurant in the 3000 block of Broad Rock Boulevard. Police believe it was likely a drive-by shooting.

"She was shot in the parking lot of that restaurant. The original case, the detectives did develop some suspects and there are people of interest we'd still like to talk to about the case," said Detective Sergeant George Wade.

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