Julie Bartlett Taylor, 48, was found dead in her Rock Hill, South Carolina, townhome on Friday, January 17, 2020. A nurse of more than two decades and a mother, she was discovered on the couch by her 12-year-old daughter with a gunshot wound. The death was the first homicide reported in Rock Hill for 2020.

Police quickly identified her estranged husband, 47-year-old Christopher J. Taylor, as the suspect. The couple had been divorcing and court records show recent domestic turmoil; two days before the killing a judge issued a restraining order prohibiting him from contacting her or coming to her residence. Witnesses placed his vehicle at her home the day she was shot, and investigators reported finding gunshot residue on his clothes and in his car.

Christopher Taylor was arrested and charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. If anyone knew Julie, her routines, or saw activity around Winding Way on January 17, please share information that could help the record of her final hours.