On the morning of May 21, 2006, worshippers at the Ministry of Jesus Christ Church in Baton Rouge were confronted with a deadly outburst of domestic violence. Anthony Bell arrived seeking reconciliation with his estranged wife, Erica Bell; when she refused, he reportedly returned armed and opened fire inside the sanctuary. The shooting killed multiple members of Erica’s family, including Darlene Mills Selvage, 47, who was identified as Erica’s cousin. Also killed were Erica Bell and her grandparents, Leonard and Gloria Howard, and great-aunt Doloris McGrew; Erica’s mother, Claudia Brown, the church’s pastor, was shot and survived.

After the church attack Bell forced Erica and their children out with him and fled; Erica was later found dead at a nearby apartment complex and Bell was arrested the same day. An East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury indicted Bell on June 15, 2006, for five counts of first-degree murder, including the count naming Darlene Mills Selvage, plus attempted first-degree murder for Claudia Brown; the prosecution sought the death penalty. The case proceeded to trial, and in 2008 a jury found Bell guilty on all counts; in September 2008 a judge sentenced him to death.

Did anyone who knew Darlene or her family attend that service and remember details that could add to the record?