On November 29, 2009, 17-year-old Ashton Arnold of Fountain Inn, South Carolina, was fatally shot in his home on Allen Bridge Road. Ashton, a student at Hillcrest High School, was found in his bed; his 31-year-old mother, Amanda Chapman, was found dead in a bathroom. Authorities recovered a shotgun at the residence.

Police say 32-year-old Gentry O’Neal Chapman, Ashton’s stepfather, contacted law enforcement that Sunday morning, confessed to the shootings, then drove to the Fountain Inn Police Department and surrendered. Two other children, ages 8 and 12, were with him in the vehicle and were unharmed. Chapman was arrested and held at the Laurens County Detention Center on two counts of murder. Reports mention that an argument between Chapman and his wife may have occurred before the killings, but the specific motive remains unclear.

Did anyone in the Fountain Inn area know Ashton or the family and have details that could shed light on what happened that night?