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Michael Tyson Dilda, 30, was found dead in his Rock Hill, South Carolina, home on Oleen Cove Road on the morning of October 17, 2016. The cause of death was a single gunshot wound to the chest. His ex-girlfriend, with whom he shared a child, discovered his body after being unable to reach him by phone.

Investigators focused on Richard David Estes, then 32, the husband of the woman who had a child with Dilda. Christina Estes was at Dilda’s home the morning of the shooting; prosecutors say she went there to watch a movie and make breakfast and later admitted she was present in the bedroom when she heard the gunshot. Authorities allege Richard Estes confronted Dilda at the apartment door and shot him with a .357 Magnum. Estes turned himself in and was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime; prosecutors described a motive tied to the ongoing romantic involvement between his wife and Dilda and noted prior harassment and domestic abuse in the relationship.

In August 2017 Estes pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to seven years in prison. Does anyone have additional information about the timeline that morning or the interactions between the three prior to October 17, 2016?