The night of February 22 began like any other for 29-year-old Terrica Tabor, a mother of three. But by 9:45 p.m., as she sat in the passenger seat of a car parked at the Starlight Innon Third Street in South Memphis, her life was violently cut short — and the womanaccused of killing her vanished into the night.
Now, after five months on the run, Janae Bradley, 31, is finally behind bars, charged with first-degree murder in a killing that left a family shattered and authorities scrambling for answers.
A Murder in the Dark
According to police and eyewitness statements, Tabor had been sitting in the car with her sister and boyfriend outside the Starlight Inn when they spotted a woman lurking on a stairwell nearby. She wore a black hooded jacket and appeared to be watching them.
Moments later, the woman — later identified as Bradley — descended the stairs and approached the vehicle…