Justice for Samantha Humphrey

My name is Nica Joy and I am raising funds in an attempt to seek justice for my murdered niece Samantha Valentine Humphrey.

Samantha was 14 years old when she was murdered by an as yet unarrested assailant November 2022 in a park near her home in Schenectady, NY.

Our hope is to raise funds for the following:

1. Two billboards initially funded by our family will be posted in Samantha’s home town of Schenectady, NY asking the public for information, in exchange for a reward, leading to the arrest and conviction of Samantha’s killer. Our first priority is to keep funding these billboards for as long as it takes to make an arrest in this case.

2. We plan to use funds generated here to continue to increase the reward we are offering to whoever provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of Samantha’s murderer. We have collected ten thousand dollars to start, but with your help we hope to increase that significantly. Our goal is to increase the reward in $5000 increments as possible.

3. Any funds that remain after funding the two billboards and hopefully giving a substantial reward to the person responsible for turning in Samantha’s killer (leading to an arrest and conviction) will be utilized towards a permanent memorial for our beloved Sam that her friends, family, and the community can visit to preserve the memory of her life in perpetuity. (We include this option in case there is progress on the case without information generated by the reward offer, so you know your donation will be productive in any event).

4. Should any money remain after meeting these goals, it will be donated to a local animal shelter to honor one of Sam's biggest loves. All financial actions on our part will be documented on this site for the review of those folks who choose to help us work for justice.

Many, many people over the last year have asked us what they can do to help. This is what you can do to help. Thank you.