Friends, family search for answers in brutal killing of woman: 'We miss her. We’re lost'

To make friends laugh, Ta’anda Hall would beam a lip-glossed smile and tease, “You stupid dummy!”

Regulars and fellow bartenders at Lil’s Something Kool Cocktail Lounge in Chatham came to love the playful taunt — like siblings showing affection through a gentle nudge.

Days after she was found dead,...