A quiet street in Vivian, Louisiana turned into a crime scene in the early morning when a family member found smoke coming from a home shared by 50-year-old Carmen McCauley and her younger brother. Firefighters entered and discovered Carmen’s body in a bedroom. An autopsy later showed she had been shot multiple times before the fire was set.

Authorities focused on her 45-year-old brother, Chris McCauley, who was not at the house when emergency crews arrived. He was located hours later walking in Shreveport and booked into the Caddo Correctional Center on charges of second-degree murder and aggravated arson. The siblings had been living together for several months after moving in to care for their ailing mother, who had recently died, and police records show no prior domestic calls at the residence.

If anyone knew Carmen or the living situation at that house, or saw activity in Vivian or between Vivian and Shreveport that night, please share what was observed with investigators.