On the evening of April 5, 2019, Cape Girardeau police were sent to a residence in the 1900 block of Perryville Road after a man called to report he had shot his wife. Officers found 64-year-old Katheia Corrigan dead inside the home from fatal gunshot wounds. The caller was identified as her husband, 69-year-old Timothy Edward Corrigan, who was taken into custody at the scene after admitting the shooting.

Authorities charged Timothy Corrigan with first-degree murder and armed criminal action and held him on cash bond as the case proceeded. In June 2021 he pleaded guilty to reduced charges of second-degree murder and armed criminal action; in August 2021 a judge sentenced him to 30 years for the murder and 30 years for the armed criminal action, to be served consecutively for a total of 60 years.

If anyone knew Katheia or has information about the events that evening, please share what you know.