Candace Michelle Welch, 22, was shot dead outside a home in Hull, Georgia, on September 11, 2015. Surveillance video captured the incident after an argument; footage shows Welch leaving the residence with a backpack, a purse, and another bag when her 36-year-old boyfriend, James Telvie Samples, retrieved a .40-caliber handgun from a black SUV, racked the weapon, and fired a single shot from roughly 30 yards. The shot struck Welch in the chest and she died almost instantly.

Samples initially told responding deputies the shooting had been an accident, but investigators with the Madison County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation relied on the surveillance video as central evidence. The footage reportedly also showed Samples appearing distraught afterward and rushing Welch to a hospital in Athens.

In December 2016 a Madison County Superior Court jury found James Telvie Samples guilty of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and possession of methamphetamine. Does anyone have additional information about Welch’s life in Madison County or about the surveillance evidence in this case?