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Judith Staley, 79, was found shot in her Villa Rica, Georgia home on June 30, 2022. Her 80-year-old husband, Donald Staley, made a 911 call that afternoon saying he had just shot his wife and intended to take his own life. Deputies and a state trooper arrived to find Donald outside with a handgun; he surrendered. Judith had a gunshot wound to the head, was airlifted to Grady Memorial Hospital, and died later that night.

Investigators say Donald bought a revolver and ammunition that day, returned home, placed a pillow over his wife’s head, and fired a single shot. He admitted to shooting Judith during two interviews and was initially charged with aggravated assault and aggravated battery; those charges were updated to include murder after her death.

Did anyone in the Villa Rica area know the Staleys or notice anything unusual about them in the weeks before June 30, 2022?