Blake Howard, a 29-year-old man from Altamonte Springs, Florida, was found dead in the shower of his home on Post Oak Circle on February 23, 2016. Investigators determined he had been shot multiple times while in the bathtub. A family member had called for a well-being check; when officers arrived, the woman later identified as his mother initially refused to answer the door and officers forced entry.

Virginia Arteaga, 59 at the time, was arrested at the scene and held without bond. A Seminole County Grand Jury later indicted Arteaga on first-degree premeditated murder. Prosecutors presented testimony from an Altamonte Springs Police Detective as part of the evidence that Arteaga shot her son while he was in the bathtub. The motive has not been disclosed.