Domestic violence case archive and memorial story index

Mindi Kassotis

Sentenced wife

In November 2022, Nicholas James Kassotis, a former Navy Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer, murdered and dismemberment-disposed his 40-year-old wife, Mindi Mebane Kassotis, in their Savannah, Georgia home. In early December 2022, hunters found Mindi's dismembered remains scattered across timberland in Riceboro, Georgia, spanning Liberty and McIntosh Counties. She remained an unidentified "Jane Doe" for five months. During this time, Nicholas told Mindi's family and friends she had died of a sudden stroke at a hospital and was cremated, avoiding any memorial services. Meanwhile, Nicholas fled to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he adopted the alias "Nicholas Killian James Stark" and married a horror writer, Samantha Kolesnik, in April 2023. Investigators identified Mindi's remains in May 2023 through genetic genealogy DNA testing and a crucial tip from Nicholas's first wife, Heather Thomas, who recognized Mindi's composite sketch. Nicholas was arrested on May 12, 2023, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. During his trial in August 2025, Nicholas claimed he and Mindi were fleeing from a mysterious figure named "Jim McIntyre" who controlled their lives, but the judge dismissed this as a fictional construct. On August 14, 2025, a jury found Nicholas guilty on all 12 counts, including malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, and tampering with evidence. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus an additional 25 years.

Warning signs: Firearm access

Alicia Stilley

Sentenced girlfriend

On April 18, 2022, 28-year-old Alicia Stilley of Cinnaminson, New Jersey, was shot and killed at the Hot Wet & Wax self-service car wash in Palmyra, New Jersey. Responding officers found her bleeding and unconscious on the ground next to her car; she was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to her chest. Her ex-boyfriend, 32-year-old Antonio Burke of Palmyra, fled the state and was arrested one week later during a traffic stop in Dallas, Texas. Investigators uncovered a prior history of domestic violence between the couple, including allegations that Burke had previously threatened Stilley with a firearm. While Burke initially claimed the shooting was an accident that occurred when he tried to wrest the gun from Stilley's hands, he ultimately pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated manslaughter. On October 10, 2025, Burke was sentenced in Mercer County Superior Court to 21 years in New Jersey state prison.

Warning signs: Escalating violence, Firearm access

Jariah Edwards

Arrested girlfriend

On May 30, 2026, 17-year-old Jariah Edwards of Phoenix, Arizona, was vacationing with her family at an Airbnb on Gardena Avenue in San Diego, California. Edwards, who was 32 weeks pregnant, was attempting to separate from her ex-boyfriend, 21-year-old Trevon Williams. She had blocked his phone number, and her family was actively preparing to file a restraining order against him due to a history of domestic violence. Williams allegedly tracked Edwards to San Diego, took a Lyft from Phoenix to the vacation home, and had the driver drop him off down the street to remain unseen. He then used the DoorDash app to send flowers to the house. When Edwards retrieved them with a family member, Williams did not act. He then placed a second DoorDash order for a vase, and when Edwards went outside alone to pick it up, Williams emerged and shot her in the head. Williams fled the scene and was arrested by police about two hours later near September Street with the firearm in his possession. Edwards died from her injuries, but doctors delivered her baby girl, Riyary Edwards, through an emergency C-section. Riyary suffered severe brain damage from a lack of oxygen during the shooting and passed away in the hospital on June 7, 2026. Williams has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder of a fetus, and carrying an illegal extended magazine. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges and is being held without bail.

Warning signs: Prior threats

Ketsy Alexis

memorial wife

Ketsy Alexis, 30, was found shot to death inside her Port St. Lucie, Florida home on May 12, 2026, alongside her husband, Jimsley Estime, 31, in what police are investigating as a domestic violence murder-suicide. Detectives said the couple had been married about seven years and were in the process of divorcing. Investigators also documented prior domestic incidents, including an earlier Port St. Lucie Police case involving alleged written threats to kill. Estime was arrested on a warrant on January 26, 2026, and Alexis later filed a non-prosecution affidavit asking that the case not move forward. The couple's 6-year-old child returned home from school, found two younger siblings distressed inside the house, and then discovered both parents dead in the kitchen before alerting a family member who called 911.

Warning signs: Murder-suicide

Thy Mitchell

n/a wife

Thy Mitchell, 39, was killed alongside her children, Maya, 8, and Max, 4, inside the family's River Oaks home in Houston, Texas, on May 4, 2026. Houston police identified Thy's husband, Matthew Mitchell, 52, as the suspect and said he was found dead at the scene from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Investigators believe Matthew Mitchell fatally shot his wife and children before taking his own life. The deaths shocked Houston's business and restaurant community, where the family was widely known through Traveler's Table and Traveler's Cart.

Warning signs: Firearm access, Murder-suicide

Adrian Valdovinos

boyfriend

On May 3, 2026, 25 year old Adrian Valdovinos was shot and killed in a murder-suicide at a residence in Hanford, California. The suspect, 33-year old Vincent Diaz, forced entry into a home on University Avenue where his ex-wife and Valdovinos were located. Following a 911 call reporting an argument and shots fired, police arrived to find Valdovinos deceased in a bedroom and Diaz dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Records indicate that the suspect's ex-wife had gotten a restraining order in March 2026 following their separation the previous year.

Warning signs: Murder-suicide

Jodi Cathcart

Charges Filed self

On the morning of May 5, 2026, in Covington, Washington, Kyle Cathcart called 911 claiming an intruder had broken into his home and stabbed him and his wife, Jodi Cathcart. Responding deputies found Jodi deceased in a bedroom from dozens of stab wounds. Investigations, including Ring camera footage that showed no one entering the home, led police to doubt Kyle’s story. Kyle eventually confessed to stabbing his wife while wearing her clothes to stage a robbery. He cited overwhelming pressure from job loss and a long-running lie about a non-existent $6 million lawsuit settlement as the stressors that led to the incident.

Ashanti Allen

Charges Filed girlfriend

Ashanti Allen, a 23-year-old Houston woman who was eight months pregnant with her first child, disappeared on April 10, 2026, and was found dead six days later near Chimney Rock Park. Court documents say she was strangled with a cord. Investigators used apartment surveillance, license plate reader data, cell phone records, and text and FaceTime evidence to link her boyfriend, Kevin Faux, 24, to the killing. Faux was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, on April 20, 2026, after authorities said he fled the state using Allen's debit card. He faces charges including capital murder and the murder of an unborn child. The case drew intense public attention because Faux had been released from jail less than two months earlier after pleading guilty to assaulting Allen in late 2025.

Warning signs: Separation, Prior threats, Escalating violence...

Ashley Flynn

Charged wife

On the morning of February 16, 2026, 37-year-old Tipp City resident, teacher, and coach Ashley Flynn was found dead inside her home with two gunshot wounds to the head. Her husband, 39-year-old Caleb Flynn, placed a frantic 911 call reporting an active burglary and claiming an intruder had shot his wife. Following an intensive multi-agency investigation, detectives concluded that there was no home invasion and that Caleb Flynn had staged the scene, including blocking an exterior door with a refrigerator. Investigators arrested him on February 19, 2026, and alleged that he killed his pregnant wife using a 9mm handgun. On March 18, 2026, a Miami County grand jury indicted him on 11 counts, including aggravated murder and tampering with evidence. Caleb Flynn has pleaded not guilty to all charges, and his trial is scheduled to begin on September 17, 2026, under Judge Jeannine Pratt.

Warning signs: Firearm access, Child witnesses

Kevaughn Jermaine Goldson

Arrest Made boyfriend

Kevaughn Jermaine Goldson, 23, a Lincoln University student-athlete from Jamaica, died after being stabbed during a domestic dispute at an off-campus home in Jefferson City, Missouri, on February 23, 2026. Police arrested Denita Atiyah Jackson, 27, Goldson's girlfriend and a fellow university sprinter, after she called 911. Investigators say Jackson described a volatile, yearslong relationship marked by domestic violence before the fatal encounter. Court records allege Goldson was stabbed in the back and chest during a struggle inside a roommate's bedroom. Jackson has been charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action, is being held without bond in Cole County, and is also subject to a federal immigration detainer.

Warning signs: Escalating violence

Trycina Nichole Whitehurst

Arrested girlfriend

Trycina Nichole Whitehurst, 23, was killed by gunfire inside her home on West Parker Road in Greenville County, South Carolina, on January 16, 2026. Investigators with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office later arrested her boyfriend, Devortae Marquez Durham, 33, at a Greenville hotel and charged him with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. The case remains an active homicide prosecution centered on a young woman's death inside the place where she should have been safest.

Spencer & Monique Tepe

Charges Filed ex-wife

On December 30, 2025, Monique Tepe, 39, and her husband, Dr. Spencer Tepe, 37, were shot and killed inside their home in Columbus, Ohio. Their two young children were present but physically unharmed. Following an eleven-day investigation, Columbus police identified Monique's ex-husband, Michael David McKee, a 39-year-old vascular surgeon, as the primary suspect. Investigators used surveillance footage showing a person matching McKee's description walking down an alley near the residence, vehicle tracking data between Illinois and Ohio, and ballistics mapping from a firearm found at McKee’s Chicago apartment to secure an arrest warrant. Family members subsequently disclosed a long-term history of emotional abuse and threats made by McKee during his brief marriage to Monique, which ended in divorce in 2017. McKee was arrested in Rockford, Illinois, waived extradition, and was indicted by a Franklin County Grand Jury on four counts of aggravated murder and one count of aggravated burglary, all carrying firearm suppressor specifications. He has pleaded not guilty.

Warning signs: Escalating violence, Firearm access, Child witnesses

Timothy Fletcher & David Scott

ex-boyfriend & ex-husband

On December 17, 2025, 51-year-old Susan Avalon allegedly carried out a calculated double homicide crossing multiple Florida counties, targeting two men with whom she shared children and ongoing custody disputes. Authorities state that Avalon first traveled to the Tampa home of her ex-boyfriend, 55-year-old Timothy Fletcher, where she broke in through a rear glass door and shot him. A 911 call from Fletcher's phone captured the sound of gunfire, but Avalon intercepted the dispatcher's callback, claiming it was an accident, which delayed the discovery of his body. Hours later, Avalon traveled south to Bradenton, disguised herself as a food delivery driver using stolen Panera Bread items, and fatally shot her ex-husband, 54-year-old David Scott, at his front door. Scott survived long enough to identify Avalon to first responders. Utilizing license plate recognition technology, law enforcement tracked Avalon back to her Citrus County home, where she was caught trying to clean her vehicle with bleach. She has been indicted for first-degree murder in Hillsborough County—where prosecutors are actively seeking the death penalty—and faces separate second-degree murder charges in Manatee County.

Warning signs: Separation, Firearm access, Child witnesses

Frezja Baker

Arrest Made girlfriend

Frezja Matisse Baker, a 31-year-old mother, went missing on December 4, 2025, after dropping her 2-year-old son off with family in Charlotte, North Carolina. That night, surveillance footage from a gas station on LaSalle Street captured 38-year-old Lorenza Thomas Inman Jr. physically assaulting her before the two left together in her 2004 Honda Accord. Following a week-long community and police search, Frezja's body was discovered on December 11, 2025, inside her car, which had been left behind an abandoned church on Sanders Avenue. She had suffered fatal head trauma. Following tips from witnesses who stated Inman admitted to the shooting, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department obtained warrants for his arrest. Inman was apprehended on December 12, 2025, in Maxton, North Carolina. He has been charged with murder, assault on a female, and a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. Due to his extensive history of violent offenses, overturned prior convictions, and probation violations, a judge ordered him held without bond.

Warning signs: Prior threats, Escalating violence

Alesa Leach

Charges Filed ex-girlfriend

Alesa Leach, a 58-year-old Jacksonville resident, ordained minister, and city bus operator, was found deceased in her West 14th Street home on November 17, 2025. Investigators determined she died of violent trauma before their arrival, discovering her body after she missed a scheduled court appearance. Leach had an active domestic violence protection injunction against her 49-year-old ex-boyfriend, Joseph Anderson. Law enforcement had escorted Anderson away from her residence approximately one week prior for violating the injunction. Following the homicide, Anderson fled to Connecticut, where he was apprehended on December 5, 2025, on an injunction violation warrant and extradited back to Florida. On March 20, 2026, while already in custody at the Duval County Jail, Anderson was formally served an arrest warrant charging him with second-degree murder with a weapon, burglary, aggravated stalking, tampering with evidence, and violating a domestic violence protective injunction. He has entered a plea of not guilty.

Warning signs: Stalking, Separation, Protection order...

Linlin Guo & Beimin Cheng

Charges Filed wife & mother in law

On September 18, 2025, Walnut Creek police responded to a 911 call reporting a disturbance and possible gunfire at a residence on Kelobra Court. Officers discovered 37-year-old Linlin Guo and her mother, Beimin Cheng, dead inside the home with their throats slashed. Guo's husband, 43-year-old Howard Wang, claimed he shot at a fleeing intruder who committed the crimes. Following an investigation, police arrested Wang on September 19, 2025, exposing the intruder story as a fabrication. The investigation expanded to implicate Wang's mistress, 45-year-old Yan Wang of Oakland, who allegedly burglarized the home and destroyed cellphone evidence immediately following the killings to shield Howard Wang. In March 2026, the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office filed an additional murder charge against Howard Wang and a co-defendant, Demarques James Pearl, for the June 2024 contract killing of Chengli Li in San Gabriel, California. Prosecutors allege Howard Wang conspired to kill Li to eliminate him as a romantic rival for Yan Wang's affections. All three homicide charges have been consolidated for prosecution within Contra Costa County.

Warning signs: Stalking, Separation

Mariah Rosanna Samuels

Sentenced ex-girlfriend

Mariah Rosanna Samuels, a 34-year-old mother of two and small business owner, was shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend, David Eugene Wright, 51, outside her family home in North Minneapolis on September 14, 2025. Following the termination of their relationship in August 2025, Wright severely assaulted Samuels, prompting her to secure an Order for Protection (OFP). On the morning of September 14, Wright violated the order by contacting her. Samuels requested police assistance, but the responding officer left after four minutes and filed a inaccurate report claiming she felt safe. Approximately two hours later, Wright ambushed Samuels in her parked vehicle, firing 12 shots through the window. Wright fled to Anoka, Minnesota, where he was apprehended. After a grand jury upgraded his charges to first-degree premeditated murder, Wright confessed to the killing on the witness stand during his trial. In April 2026, he was convicted on all counts and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Warning signs: Stalking, Separation, Protection order...

Richard Cote

Sentenced Intimate partner

Richard Eugene Cote, 76, a prominent business owner in Morristown, Vermont, was killed in his upstairs residence on the night of July 23–24, 2024. Investigative records indicate that Theodore "Teddy" Farnham, 54, who had an intermittent, complex, and occasionally intimate relationship with Cote spanning roughly 30 years, went to Cote's residence to ask for money. Digital, financial, and video surveillance evidence placed Farnham at the residence between 9:45 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. Following a violent assault resulting in Cote's death by strangulation and blunt force trauma, Farnham fled the scene in Cote's vehicle, discarded Cote's cell phone, and used Cote's stolen credit cards to execute over $1,200 in fraudulent transactions. Cote's body was discovered during a welfare check on the morning of July 24. Farnham was arrested on August 1, 2024, on an unrelated warrant and subsequently charged with second-degree murder. Despite initially pleading not guilty, Farnham accepted a plea agreement in January 2026, pleading guilty to second-degree murder, and was sentenced to 25 years to life with all but 16 years suspended.

Warning signs: Prior threats, Strangulation

Michelle Long

Convicted ex-wife

Michelle Ann Long, 50, was shot and killed on November 29, 2023, while sitting in her pickup truck in the driveway of her residence on Carey Road in Butler Township/Salem, Ohio. Her body was located hours later by family members after she failed to pick up her son. The homicide occurred approximately seven months after the finalization of a highly contentious divorce from her husband of 25 years, William P. Long Jr.. The marriage was legally dissolved on the grounds of incompatibility following a bitter litigation process in the Columbiana County Court of Common Pleas. Civil court records detail a volatile separation period characterized by multiple counts of legal contempt, asset depletion, and property hoarding by the suspect.

Warning signs: Stalking, Separation, Protection order...

Tishawn Folkes-Taylor & Theresa Gregg

Sentenced wife

In May 2023, 38-year-old Timothy Taylor murdered two women inside their homes within a two-week span. The first victim was his girlfriend, 37-year-old Theresa Gregg, a New York City Department of Homeless Services police officer who was three months pregnant. She was found dead from multiple stab wounds in her Williamsburg, Brooklyn apartment on May 13, 2023. While on the run from law enforcement, Taylor traveled to North Carolina and then upstate to Schenectady, New York, where his ex-wife, 44-year-old Tishawn Folkes-Taylor, lived. Despite an active order of protection and three outstanding criminal contempt warrants against him, Taylor broke into her home on May 28, 2023, and stabbed her more than 22 times. Following a multi-state manhunt, Taylor was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Philadelphia on June 2, 2023. He pleaded guilty to both murders in 2025 and was sentenced to consecutive terms of 22 years to life in prison, totaling 44 years to life.

Warning signs: Protection order, Prior threats

Madeline Pantoja

Sentenced ex-girlfriend

Madeline Molina Pantoja, 20, disappeared from her Midland, Texas, apartment on West Francis Avenue on or about May 11, 2023. Her vehicle, phone, and dog were left unattended, prompting immediate concern from her family and friends. After initial tension between the family and local police regarding the pace of the investigation, multi-agency search teams combed a 60-square-mile area. On May 20, 2023, her remains were discovered hidden in a rural field in Midland County. Her ex-boyfriend, Mario Juan Chacon Jr., 24, was arrested the same day. Investigators linked Chacon to the murder through cell phone location data and physical evidence of a struggle in her apartment, including bloodstains, holes in doors, and a missing coffee table. An indictment asserted that Pantoja had been beaten, strangled, and suffocated. On February 20, 2026, Chacon pleaded guilty in the 142nd District Court to first-degree murder and tampering with evidence. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison. ---

Warning signs: Separation

Jade Benning

Sentenced girlfriend

On the night of February 25, 2023, former Tennessee Titans scout Blaise Allen Taylor visited his pregnant girlfriend, 25-year-old chef Jade Tristen Benning, at her Nashville apartment. At approximately 9:38 PM, Taylor placed a 911 call claiming that Benning was suffering from an acute allergic reaction. Benning was rushed to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in critical condition. Her five-month-old unborn daughter, Ivy Blair, died two days later on February 27, 2023. Jade Benning never recovered and passed away on March 6, 2023—her 25th birthday. Following a year-long investigation by the Nashville Police Department's Homicide Unit, authorities determined that Benning had been secretly poisoned with a lethal dose of cocaine. Investigators uncovered that Taylor had fathered the unborn child and did not want the baby, demanding that the pregnancy remain a secret. In March 2024, a Davidson County grand jury indicted Taylor on first-degree murder charges. He was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Utah, where he had relocated for a coaching job, and was extradited back to Tennessee. On July 1, 2026, a Davidson County jury convicted Taylor of the second-degree murder of Benning and the first-degree premeditated murder of their unborn child, resulting in a life sentence.

Warning signs: Pregnancy

Nancy Howery

Convicted girlfriend

Nancy Howery, a 44-year-old mother of two from Indian Harbour Beach, Florida, disappeared on February 15, 2023. She had met up with her on-and-off boyfriend, 32-year-old Daniel Loren Stearns, to reconcile after a series of arguments fueled by Stearns' jealousy over her refusal to date him exclusively. During a handgun lesson in a remote, 2,600-acre undeveloped area of Palm Bay known as "The Compound," Stearns shot Howery in the head. He then dismembered and burned her remains, burying them in multiple shallow graves across the area to destroy the evidence. Following a missing person report filed by her ex-husband on February 18, 2023, detectives focused their investigation on Stearns. Under intense physical and aerial surveillance, police observed Stearns returning to "The Compound" to further dispose of and relocate her remains. He was arrested on March 10, 2023. In October 2025, a Brevard County jury convicted Stearns of second-degree murder, abuse of a dead body, and tampering with evidence. He was sentenced to life in prison on December 3, 2025.

Warning signs: Escalating violence

Emily Ferlazzo

Sentenced wife

In October 2021, Emily Ferlazzo, a 22-year-old nurse, and her husband, Joseph Ferlazzo Jr., a 41-year-old tattoo artist, traveled from their home in Northfield, New Hampshire, to Bolton, Vermont. The trip was intended to celebrate their one-year wedding anniversary. They traveled and stayed in a school bus they had converted into a camper. On October 16, 2021, while parked in Bolton, Joseph Ferlazzo shot Emily twice in the head, killing her. He then dismembered her body with a handsaw, packed her remains into garbage bags, and hid them in the camper's bathroom. After driving back to New Hampshire alone, Joseph told Emily’s family she had left him after an argument and likely took an Uber home. Her family reported her missing on October 18, 2021. On October 19, Joseph confessed the killing to a friend, Spencer Lemons, who forced him out of his car and called 911. Police arrested Joseph at a convenience store in St. Albans, Vermont. The camper van was located at a friend's property in St. Albans, where detectives discovered Emily's remains. In December 2024, a jury rejected Joseph's claim of self-defense and convicted him of first-degree murder. On April 24, 2025, he was sentenced to 42.5 years to life in prison. In a separate civil action in January 2023, Emily's mother was awarded $1.5 million in a wrongful death judgment.

Warning signs: Firearm access

May "Maya" Millette

Ongoing Trial wife

May "Maya" Millete, a 39-year-old mother of three and Navy civilian employee, vanished from her Chula Vista, California, home on January 7, 2021. Her disappearance occurred the exact day she finalized plans to meet with a divorce attorney to end her marriage to her husband, Larry Millete. Following an intensive multi-month investigation by the Chula Vista Police Department involving 82 search warrants, Larry was arrested in October 2021 and charged with first-degree murder and unlawful possession of an assault weapon. Although Maya's body has never been found, prosecutors are pursuing a "no-body" homicide conviction built on an extensive web of circumstantial forensic data, digital footprints, unaccounted vehicle mileage, and extreme behavioral patterns of coercion. Larry Millete has pleaded not guilty, maintaining that his wife left voluntarily, while his defense team alternatively suggests that other individuals connected to an alleged extramarital affair could be responsible.

Warning signs: Separation

Nichole Zahnd Florentine

Appeal Pending wife

Nicole Rene Florentine (Zahnd) was murdered by her husband, Lawrence Joseph Florentine, during a road trip between June 3 and June 11, 2020. The couple had a documented history of severe domestic violence at their home in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Nicole had called 911 multiple times reporting physical abuse and explicit threats by Lawrence to kill, burn, and bury her. Following a house fire on May 23, 2020, which destroyed their home, the couple traveled through North and South Carolina. Nicole was shot in the head on or about June 9, 2020. Lawrence then drove her body to Hill Cemetery in Fredonia, Kentucky, bought a shovel and gas can, doused her remains in gasoline, set them on fire, and buried her in a shallow grave. After her grandmother filed a missing person report, a groundskeeper discovered the makeshift grave on June 13, 2020. Lawrence fled to Denver, Colorado, where he surrendered to police on June 23, 2020. Because the murder took place across state lines, local prosecutors requested federal intervention. Lawrence pleaded guilty to multiple federal counts in October 2023 and was sentenced to 30 years in prison in April 2024. In August 2025, an appellate ruling overturned his conviction for utilizing fire to commit a felony on the basis that VAWA protections legally cease upon death, though his 30-year sentence remained unchanged.

Warning signs: Separation, Prior threats, Escalating violence...

Chanice Reed

Sentenced girlfriend

On July 1, 2013, 22-year-old Chanice Reed, her 39-year-old mother Annette Reed, and her 10-year-old brother Eddie McCuin Jr. were shot and killed at their home on Pate Street/Drive in Southeast Fort Worth, Texas. Chanice was pregnant at the time, and the father of the unborn child was her boyfriend, Amos Joseph Wells III. Earlier that afternoon, Wells became angry when Chanice failed to answer his phone calls and drove to her residence. During a heated confrontation, which Chanice's 17-year-old brother overheard via a phone call with their mother, Wells shot Chanice four times, her mother twice, and her young brother four times. Wells turned himself in to the Forest Hill Police Department shortly after the murders. In November 2016, a jury in Tarrant County's 432nd District Court convicted Wells of capital murder and sentenced him to death. His appeals, including a challenge over a controversial trial defense involving genetic predisposition to violence, were exhausted in May 2022.

Warning signs: Firearm access