Crystal Dawn Coomer Glisson, 34, was shot and killed at her home on Cross Anchor Road in Alexander, North Carolina, on the early morning of May 22, 2013. The couple’s argument in their bedroom reportedly began when her husband, Mack Chason Glisson, accused her of being unfaithful. Mack shot Crystal with a 30-30 rifle and then shot her again in the back as she lay wounded on the floor. Their two daughters, ages 13 and 7, were asleep in the next room; after discovering their mother, they ran to a neighbor’s house for help.

Mack fled in his pickup and hid in the Curtis Creek area of Pisgah National Forest in McDowell County; he was captured two days later following a manhunt and charged with first-degree murder. At trial the defense said Mack was paranoid and delusional and cited a recent involuntary psychiatric commitment and substance abuse history. The jury convicted him of first-degree murder and he was sentenced to life without parole.