Earlier this week I told you about Corrissa Friends, the 21-year-old nursing student and loving mom who was gunned down in her Riverdale apartment by her estranged husband, Wisdom Jeffery. Read that post here.
Celebrity photographer Prince Williams captured these photos of the smiling couple partying with their close friend, singer Keyshia Cole (and singer Monica), at the Velvet Room in January 2009.
No one knew that under her happy exterior, Corrissa was harboring a dark secret: she was the victim of domestic abuse.
Jeffery was a fixture on the Atlanta music industry scene and the couple always came out to support Keyshia. But behind closed doors Jeffery subjected Corrissa to physical and mental abuse and unwanted sexual advances.
When his jealous rages got to be too much for her, Corrissa packed up her newborn daughter and moved out. But Jeffery always found out where she was and he pursued her relentlessly.
Police say Corrissa feared for her life when she dialed 911 on August 10, 2010 to report a domestic dispute. But when police arrived at Corrissa’s Chateau Forest apartment in Riverdale they found no evidence of violence. Since his name was not on the lease Jeffery was asked to leave, which he did.
But on the morning of August 11, 2010, Jeffery returned to the apartment with a shotgun and shot Corrissa 3 times — twice in the abdomen and once in the back. Corrissa was able to dial 911 before she collapsed and died.
According to the Crime Stoppers Organization, Jeffery is still at large after eluding capture for 8 months.
FOX TV’s longest-running program, America’s Most Wanted, will feature the fugitive in a segment set to air this upcoming weekend.
Wisdom Jeffery is 5 ft 11in and 185 lbs. He is considered armed and dangerous.
If you have any information on Jeffery’s whereabouts you are asked to contact the Crime Stoppers Atlanta tip line anonymously at 404-577-TIPS (8477), online at www.crimestoppersatlanta.org or by texting the tip to CRIMES (274637).
Photos by Prince Williams/ATLPics.net
