Gail Terrell, 32, was shot and killed in Smyrna, Georgia, on November 13, 1988. The gunshot wound occurred inside the family home and the person charged in the case was her mother, Barbara Monroe. Reports say Gail lived with disabilities, including epilepsy and cerebral palsy, and Monroe at one point described the shooting as a mercy killing aimed at ending daily seizures.

In the legal aftermath Monroe was accused of murder. Her defense argued that four prescription medications she was taking for a skin irritation and depression, including a recent doubling of one drug’s dosage about a month earlier, had impaired her thinking. A plea deal was later proposed in which Monroe would plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter with an agreed sentence of five years to serve as part of a 20-year term.

Does anyone have additional details about Gail’s life in Smyrna or about the circumstances in the home leading up to November 13, 1988?