Smithfield’s first double homicide remains unsolved, reward climbs to $10,000

Smithfield’s first double homicide remains unsolved more than 2 years after two young people were gunned down inside their home, and the reward for information has now grown to $10,000.

A’Shoneya Williams, 21, and Kyonne Edwards, 22, were gunned down inside their apartment at the Jersey Park Apartments in Smithfield on July 18, 2023. A friend discovered the couple’s door open late at night and alerted police, who arrived to find both victims dead inside.

Smithfield Investigation Sergeant Robert Herget said the case presented challenges from the beginning.

“The bodies were discovered after it had taken place there were items from the scene that we would typically be able to use as investigative tools that had been taken,” Herget said…

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