On the eve of her 36th birthday, Kisha Brown walked out of an Atlanta beauty salon glowing — hair done, spirits high, ready to celebrate another year of life. Friends say she felt hopeful. Strong. Free.

Minutes later, as she sat in her car, that future was ripped away.

From the darkness, a gunman approached and fired multiple shots at point-blank range. There was no warning. No chance to escape. Kisha died there, just steps from where she had been smiling moments before.

Police say this was no random act of violence.

Her death marked the terrifying end of a months-long nightmare. Weeks earlier, Kisha had survived a staged kidnapping and a brutal assault — crimes she bravely reported, naming her ex-partner as responsible. She cooperated with investigators. She told her story. She refused to stay silent. Then she was killed.

Now, the questions are impossible to ignore:
Did surviving — and speaking — seal her fate?
Was her voice the reason she was silenced?

As her family mourns, the primary suspect remains at large. Somewhere, a man wanted in connection with her murder is still hiding, while a city searches for answers.

In Atlanta, candles burn where Kisha’s life ended — not for how she died, but for how fiercely she lived. A woman who found the courage to speak. A woman who deserved protection. A woman who should be here celebrating a birthday, not becoming a headline.

Justice has not yet arrived.
And until it does, Kisha Brown’s story remains unfinished — a chilling reminder of the cost of being brave in a world that too often fails to keep women safe.