Dr. Frank Noah Buddy McCutcheon Jr., 64, was found dead at his home on Tree Top Drive in Arden, North Carolina, on the morning of July 16, 2016. He suffered a single gunshot wound to the back of the head and was discovered in the first-floor TV room by his wife, Brenda McCutcheon, who called 911 and initially reported an intruder. Investigators later said they found no evidence of forced entry or another person in the house.

Days before his death, authorities say Buddy and Brenda were under investigation for possible embezzlement connected to their practice, Cosmetic Surgery of Asheville, accused of keeping employees’ payroll withholdings instead of paying them to the North Carolina Department of Revenue. That financial probe, along with reported marital problems including Brenda’s grievances about infidelity, featured in later court testimony.

Brenda McCutcheon was charged with first-degree murder; prosecutors argued she shot her husband with a gun from their home, while the defense maintained an unknown intruder was responsible. The jury returned a guilty verdict. If anyone knew Buddy, his work, or his family in Arden, did you notice anything in the days leading up to July 16, 2016?