Ashley Compton, 36, was found dead inside a downtown Charleston, South Carolina apartment after firefighters extinguished a blaze on the evening of March 3, 2020. Investigators determined she had been shot multiple times and that the fire had been set afterward, apparently to conceal the killing.

Police arrested 43-year-old Avery G. Howard within a day and charged him in connection with the murder. Reports state Howard was later convicted and sentenced to 45 years in prison for the killing and related offenses.

The motive has not been publicly disclosed. Does anyone have information about Ashley’s life in Charleston or about that apartment complex in early March 2020?