Following a jury's conviction in DeKalb County, one member of a duo found guilty for the murder of a transgender woman is now at large. According to the DeKalb County District Attorney's Office, two gang members, JaQuan Brooks, 25, and Davonte Fore, 26, face serious charges for the death of 25-year-old Skyler Gilmore, whose legal name was Chase Gilmore.
On the early morning of June 4, 2021, Skyler Gilmore suffered a fatal gunshot wound within the confines of her apartment located at 1400 South Hairston Road in Stone Mountain, the investigation had officers from the DeKalb County Police Department responding to the distressing incident shortly before 2 a.m., after a worried friend who, upon speaking with Gilmore moments before the violent act, raced to offer aid and called 911. The convicted individuals' relation to the act turned clearer after reviewing evidence from Gilmore's phone and surveillance footage, which captured their arrival at the apartment complex's gate in a white Nissan Rogue; Brook was identified as the driver, and Fore a conspicuous passenger.
The unfortunate reality that Gilmore faced, being involved in survival sex, likely intertwined with the motives behind her murder; an investigation revealed that the local gang to which Brooks and Fore belonged ordered the murder after uncovering Gilmore's relationship with a fellow gang member. Following the trial, Brooks was immediately apprehended, while Fore, who had been on bond since February 2024, took flight; his absence in court has merited a status as a fugitive and a warrant for his arrest is out, prompting Judge Nora Polk of the DeKalb County Superior Court to revoke Fore's bond and alerting the public to contact the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office Fugitive Unit with any leads on his whereabouts.
Anyone holding information can reach out to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office Fugitive Unit at 404-298-8132, contributing to the closure that Skyler Gilmore’s loved ones painfully await after such a drawn-out process.
