On November 29, 2009, Amanda Lashun Arnold Chapman, 31, and her son Ashton Arnold were found fatally shot in their home on Allenbridge Road in Fountain Inn, South Carolina. The shootings occurred the morning of Ashton’s 17th birthday. Responding officers recovered a shotgun at the residence, and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division assisted the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office with the investigation.

Amanda’s husband, Gentry O’Neal Chapman, called authorities, then drove to the Fountain Inn Police Department and surrendered. He was arrested and charged with two counts of murder and was held at the Laurens County Detention Center. Amanda was remembered as a mother to daughter Makayla Davis and son Darius Davis; her funeral was held at Redemption World Outreach Church and she was buried at New Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Pelzer.

What information might help clarify the timeline or circumstances in the hours before the shootings?