Kecia Latoya Bryant Exley, 44, was shot to death in her home on Cypress Bay Loop in Pembroke, Georgia, on the evening of May 17, 2021. Her husband, 41-year-old Thomas Lee Exley, placed a 911 call that night and told the dispatcher he had shot his wife. Officers from the Pembroke Police Department and deputies from the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office found Kecia’s body at about 8:30 p.m.; she died of fatal gunshot wounds.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation took the lead on the homicide inquiry. Thomas Exley left the scene, went to a neighboring county and surrendered to the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office; he was later transferred to Bryan County and booked on charges of murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Kecia’s body was sent to the Coastal Regional Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsy.

If anyone knew Kecia or has information about what happened that night, please share details that could help the investigation.