On December 9, 2006 around 6AM, 24-year-old Shonda Renee Stansbury arrived at a Waffle House in Roanoke Rapids near interstate 95 where her sister worked. Shonda appeared to had been beaten with bruises that covered her face and legs, and there was a swollen knot on her temple.
Shonda has a tattoo of a "rose" with the name "Coby" on it on her left breast and a tattoo of a "heart" with a "ribbon" through it and the name "Brianna" in it on her right calf.