David Wayne Bell, 35, was shot once in the head and killed at his Walker, Louisiana home on December 17, 2001. An autopsy found a single gunshot wound; only bullet fragments were recovered and the murder weapon was never found.

The case went cold for years until June 2007, when authorities arrested three people and charged them with first-degree murder. The arrests named David’s wife, Gretchen Bell, then 42, and two men, Darrell V. Armstrong, 38, and Billy Paul Marks, 48. Investigators described the killing as an alleged murder-for-hire: Armstrong reportedly confessed and said Gretchen paid him $5,000 to help arrange the plot, that he and Marks went to the Bell residence, and that Marks ultimately fired the shot. A witness later provided corroboration that led to the arrests. The suspects were held in the Livingston Parish jail.

Does anyone have information about David, his life in Walker, or contacts who might remember events around December 2001?