Ginger Leanne Blackmon, 36, was a nurse and mother of three from Rockmart, Georgia. On the evening of Sunday, October 18, 2020, authorities responded to a shooting at her Rice Road home and found her with gunshot wounds; she died at the scene despite lifesaving efforts. A young child in Ginger’s co-custody was in the house, heard the shooting, and was present when the suspect left, though the child did not witness the shooting.

Investigators identified Ginger’s estranged husband, 50-year-old Jimmy Brian Blackmon, as the suspect. Prosecutors say he went to her home, shot her five times, and fled. His black GMC pickup was found hours later at an East Rome Walmart parking lot; his adult son Corey Brian Blackmon later admitted picking him up and dropping him off on Georgia 101 and Pleasant Valley Road and was charged with obstruction for misleading investigators.

The case went to trial in Polk County in June 2024. After a three-day trial, a jury found Jimmy Brian Blackmon guilty of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and third-degree cruelty to children. A sentencing hearing was to be scheduled in the following weeks. Does anyone have information about Ginger’s life or the events on Rice Road that could help clarify what happened?