Twana Alberta McDaniel, 42, was found dead in her Greenville, South Carolina, backyard on March 21, 2020, the victim of a gunshot wound to her torso. The Greenville County Coroner’s Office ruled the death a homicide and the Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation.

The day before her death, March 20, 2020, emergency services were called to the home twice after an alleged violent assault by a man named Tony Merritt, who lived with McDaniel. A wrongful death lawsuit filed by McDaniel’s family later alleges deputies had probable cause to arrest Merritt during those visits but did not do so. Sometime after the deputies left for the second time, Merritt shot and killed McDaniel. Law enforcement said no suspects were in custody immediately after her body was found.

Was anyone in Greenville that week able to help piece together what happened between the deputies’ departure and McDaniel’s death?