Douglas Mess, 52, was reported missing by his son on Monday, April 20, 2015, after failing to show up for work as a supervisor at Baskin Livestock in Batavia. A search of the family’s dairy farm in Attica, New York, ended when his body was found concealed in a large manure pile on the property.

Investigators say the couple had a volatile relationship and that Douglas had told others he wanted a divorce. Evidence described in the investigation indicates his wife of 30 years, Charlene Mess, attacked him with a pitchfork, then shot him in the back of the head with a .22-caliber rifle, bound his hands and feet with baling wire, and used farm equipment to move and bury the body in the manure pile.

Charlene Mess was arrested and initially charged with second-degree murder. She later pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and was sentenced in June 2016 to 25 years in state prison with five years of post-release supervision. Did anyone in Attica know the Messes well enough to shed light on what happened in the weeks before April 20, 2015?