Chiquita Lanea Stanley, 31, was shot to death during the early morning hours of August 9, 2022, at her home on East Jefferson Street in Bolivar, Tennessee. Bolivar Police responded to a call around 1 a.m. and found Stanley with a gunshot wound to the head; she was taken to Bolivar General Hospital and pronounced dead. The case is being treated as a homicide.

Investigators say the focus quickly turned to her boyfriend, 28-year-old Nathaniel Ellis, who reportedly confessed at the scene to shooting Stanley. He was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and held at the Hardeman County Criminal Justice Complex as the investigation continued.

Known as Kita to family and friends, Stanley was remembered as family-oriented, fond of playing cards and devoted to her children. She worked at TK Elevators in Middleton and attended Campbells Chapel Missionary Baptist Church; her funeral was held on August 20, 2022. If anyone has information about what happened that night, please come forward.