Mark Edward Rice, 54, of Raleigh, North Carolina, was found dead inside his apartment at the Bell Falls River complex on Rio Wild Drive on the morning of July 1, 2016. Police determined the cause of death was a gunshot wound. Rice was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served in Operation Desert Storm and was born to Cecil and Linda Rice of Cary, North Carolina.

Investigators treated the killing as the result of a domestic dispute. Mark’s wife, Tara Leigh Rice, 44, was arrested and charged with his murder. Neighbors reported hearing a disturbance that morning; one caller said they heard a female voice saying, What are you going to do? You shot him, while another described a loud noise they did not initially identify as a gunshot. The couple had a documented history of domestic disturbances, including calls to police in 2012 and 2014, and a 2014 assault charge against Mark that was later dropped. The family had also been coping with several illnesses and a traumatic injury suffered by Tara Rice’s daughter eight months earlier.

Does anyone have information about the events at Bell Falls River Apartments that morning or knew the couple and can help clarify what happened?