Timothy William Deatherage Jr. was five years old when he died at home in Hartville, Missouri, on July 2, 2018. Timothy was at the house with two siblings while his mother and her boyfriend had left them unattended and had a neighbor check on the children periodically. A gunshot was heard; one sibling ran to the neighbor and, inside the home, Timothy was found with a fatal wound from an accidental shotgun discharge.

Investigators determined that loaded firearms had been left where young children could access them. Timothy’s mother, Bobbie Jo Scott, was arrested and later pleaded guilty to first-degree child endangerment causing death. In Hartville court she received a 10-year sentence in the Missouri Department of Corrections for her role in Timothy’s death.

What information do readers who knew Timothy or the family have that could shed light on the circumstances that day?