Teresa Potts was 12 when she was fatally shot outside her home near Jasper, southwest Missouri, in October 2015. The death drew intense attention because the investigation quickly centered on her older brother, then 13-year-old Thomas Tristan Potts, who had been adopted with her out of foster care.

Tristan was initially charged as a juvenile but a judge later ruled he could be tried as an adult. Prosecutors filed adult charges including second-degree murder, armed criminal action, and first-degree attempted arson. A witness at a hearing testified that the teenager had been making plans to run away to Georgia.

In December Tristan pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, armed criminal action, and attempted first-degree arson. In the March sentencing hearing in Joplin he was ordered to serve 25 years and placed in a blended program that combines juvenile treatment and an adult sentence, with the adult sentence held in suspension while he participates in programming; the court will decide when he turns 21 whether to continue custody for the remainder of the adult term.

Did anyone in the Jasper area know Teresa or the Potts family and have details to share about that October 2015 day?