Ashley Fish was 28 when she was shot dead in her DeRidder, Louisiana home on April 7, 2022. Police found her inside a bathroom with a contact gunshot wound behind her right ear; a semi-automatic firearm and its magazine were on the vanity. Her children were in the house that night.

Her boyfriend, Tyler Neil Derochowski, called 911 saying he had shot her and wanted to turn himself in. He was arrested and charged with second-degree murder; prosecutors said he became angry after Ashley asked him to leave. Evidence at trial included that Ashley was holding her cell phone in her right hand when shot and that the gun was pressed against her skin, facts prosecutors argued made a struggle over the gun unlikely. Four child-abandonment charges were later added.

A jury found Derochowski guilty of second-degree murder in March 2024 and he received life at hard labor without parole. The appeal later cited his 911 admission as part of the record. Does anyone have information about Ashley’s life in DeRidder or the events that evening?