Caleb Adams, 38, of Randleman, North Carolina, was found dead on June 13, 2017, at the home of Wendy Dawn Hicks, also 38, on Heritage Mountain Trail. Deputies responding to an Assault With a Firearm call discovered Adams unresponsive; the preliminary cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds. Hicks called 911 and reported the shooting, saying she acted in self-defense. She was charged with second-degree murder and held without bond.

Prosecutors said the relationship between Adams and Hicks was tumultuous, involving drug use and Hicks’ attempts to expose an affair to Adams’ wife. Hicks reportedly warned Adams by text not to come to her residence that day; he arrived anyway and was shot twice in the back. At trial, the jury was instructed on self-defense, defense of habitation, and the aggressor doctrine. The jury convicted Hicks of second-degree murder in 2019 and she was sentenced to 15 to 19 years in prison.

Later appeals raised issues about jury instructions and evidence, and the state supreme court reviewed limits on claiming deadly force inside the home when the defendant may have been the aggressor. Does anyone have information about the events leading up to the confrontation or knowledge of witnesses who saw Adams that day?