On the evening of March 7, 2019, responders went to a residence on East First Street in Fulton, Missouri, after a frantic 911 call reporting a shooting. Inside a bedroom officers found 36-year-old David Dalton with a single, fatal gunshot wound to the head. First responders attempted life-saving measures but Dalton was pronounced dead at the scene.

Dalton had been spending the night with his girlfriend, Kalesha Marie Peterson, drinking whiskey and watching a movie. Peterson, a nurse, told investigators they were intoxicated and that Dalton suggested reenacting a film scene involving a firearm. She said she retrieved a .38-caliber revolver to use as a prop and that the gun discharged while she was holding it. Police reported Peterson appeared intoxicated and found a bottle of whiskey and prescription medications in the home.

Peterson was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon; a grand jury later indicted her on first-degree murder and armed criminal action. In July 2021 she pleaded guilty to first-degree involuntary manslaughter, admitting she recklessly caused Dalton’s death, and was sentenced to eight years in the Missouri Department of Corrections.

Did anyone in Fulton know Dalton or Peterson and have information that wasn’t part of the court record?