Taylor Wright, 33, a private investigator and former police officer, was reported missing from Pensacola, Florida on September 8, 2017, after recently moving to the city following a divorce. Initially treated as a voluntary disappearance, the case changed course when Wright’s body was found October 19, 2017, buried under concrete on a farm property. She had been shot in the back of the head and was wrapped in a blanket and plastic.

Investigators say Wright had left about $34,000 with a close friend, Ashley McArthur, for safekeeping; McArthur was reportedly the last person to see Wright alive. Wright had planned to retrieve the money the day she disappeared, and McArthur allegedly took her to the family farm claiming they would ride horses. Records and witnesses cited at trial placed McArthur at the farm the day of the killing, showed purchases of concrete and potting soil after Wright vanished, and disclosed prior statements by McArthur about harming Wright.

Who knew Taylor or saw her in Pensacola in early September 2017?