Sylvia Ramos, a Modesto resident, was found dead at her home on November 16, 2016, from a gunshot wound to the head. Her husband, Steven Floyd Oliver, was at the scene and told officers she had woken him and asked him to shoot her; officers noted he appeared intoxicated. Oliver gave several different accounts, at times saying he did not know the rifle was loaded, that the gun went off when Sylvia put it to her own head, and that he fired a warning shot.

Investigators learned the couple had a history of arguments. Oliver’s daughter had called for a welfare check earlier after receiving an incoherent, intoxicated call from him. Police located Sylvia’s body on the kitchen floor and arrested Oliver, who was charged with second-degree murder.

What additional details might help clarify the moments before Sylvia Ramos was shot?