In July 2017, Fair Grove, Missouri, resident Jennifer McDaris, 54, was found shot to death inside her home on July 19, prompting an immediate homicide investigation. The suspect, 70-year-old Ellman Long, who was in a relationship with McDaris, drove to the Springfield Police Department hours after the shooting and surrendered. Long gave a confession in which he said McDaris had been using methamphetamine, became aggressively accusatory and made him feel threatened; he said he then retrieved a handgun and shot her.

Prosecutors charged Long with second-degree murder and armed criminal action, and he was held on $150,000 bond. Court records from the initial proceedings indicate Long at one point contemplated suicide and spent time driving before going to police. Few public reports available after the arrest provide details about any final conviction or sentence.

If anyone knew Jennifer, her relationship with Long, or has information about the day of July 19, 2017, please share what you know.