A Georgia mother grieving the loss of her teenage daughter is publicly accusing local officials of failing to properly investigate the case, saying she has been met with silence, delays, and hostility while trying to get answers.
Nandi Hamilton, whose daughter Taylor Hamilton was killed in Clayton County on Thanksgiving Day 2025, shared an emotional video detailing what she described as months of frustration navigating the criminal justice system.
“Every time I call them, it’s as if I’m bothering them or I’m getting on their nerves,” Hamilton said in the video posted to the Instagram page “TYME TO THRIVE BEYOND GRIEF.” “All I’m doing is trying to seek justice for my daughter.”
Hamilton alleged that no investigator was initially assigned to the case after her daughter’s death. She said the first investigator connected to the case later went on military leave and never conducted interviews or interrogations related to the shooting.
According to Hamilton, family members at the scene had informed authorities that the firearm used in the killing had previously been stolen from the suspect’s mother.
“She never conducted any questioning, any interrogations involving recovering the firearm that was used to kill my daughter,” Hamilton said.
The grieving mother identified the accused shooter as Adonis Alkareen and argued that adults who leave firearms accessible to children should also face accountability.
“If parents don’t leave firearms in the reach of children who don’t even understand the capacity of a human life, then there wouldn’t be so much gun violence,” she said. “If the gun that was used to murder my daughter belongs to the parent, they need to be held fully responsible.”
Hamilton also described tense interactions with investigators while trying to obtain updates on the case.
“One of the detectives actually was screaming on the phone at me because I called her when she was off work on a weekday,” she alleged.
The emotional plea has drawn attention online, with supporters calling for transparency and accountability from Clayton County officials. In the caption accompanying the video, Hamilton wrote that families “deserve compassion, transparency, and urgency in their time of grief — not delays, silence, or frustration.”
The case has also reignited broader conversations about gun access involving minors, investigative responsiveness, and the emotional toll families face after losing loved ones to violence.
One commenter, @natural_isbeauty2, stated,:
“As a Clayton County resident and a mother who lost my child to gun violence, I stand with you, sis! Where do we need to go protest because I’m with you. And what offices do we need to go to the crowd? We can start with CCPD or the District Attorney.”
Hamilton said she eventually spoke with someone in the Clayton County judicial system who helped ensure detectives were finally assigned to actively investigate her daughter’s death.
“Up until maybe two weeks ago, that’s when someone was assigned to properly investigate what happened to my daughter,” she said.
No public response from Clayton County authorities regarding Hamilton’s allegations had been issued at the time of publication.
