Ruth Antoinette Mallette, 59, was found shot to death at her home on Brunswick Lane in Henderson, North Carolina, on April 22, 2018. The Vance County Sheriff’s Office responded to the call and described the incident as a domestic situation. Mallette had moved from Baltimore in 2010 and was said to be beginning a new chapter in her life.

Authorities arrested 47-year-old Michael Talley and charged him with Mallette’s murder and with possession of a firearm by a felon; he was being held without bond in the Vance County jail. Mallette’s daughter, Tia Simone Samuel, said her mother never disclosed problems in the relationship and suggested Mallette may have been hiding the relationship’s true nature. The family established a GoFundMe to help with memorial costs while funeral plans were being finalized.

Does anyone have information about Ruth’s life in Henderson or about the people who knew her and her family?