Tamila Wooley, 34, was found dead in her Walker, Louisiana, apartment on New Year’s Day 2014. Her boyfriend discovered her body in the master bedroom of the unit in an apartment complex off Village Drive. Two of her children, an 11-year-old autistic son and a 2-year-old daughter, were in the home when the body was found.

Investigators focused on Wooley’s eldest child, 17-year-old Edward Island III, after witnesses reported seeing him coming and going from the apartment around the time of the killing and he was later stopped driving his mother’s vehicle. During questioning, Island confessed, saying he had shot his mother twice with a borrowed shotgun on December 29 with the intent to kill. He told police he covered the body and continued caring for the younger children while telling one that their mother was ill.

Edward Island III was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. Does anyone have information about the family, the apartment complex on Village Drive, or the days around December 29–January 1 that could help fill in the timeline?