Christine Estok, 48, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head at a Donelson, Tennessee home after spending the evening there on July 20, 2022. She had fallen asleep on a den sofa at the Barker Road residence of 70-year-old Ronnie Phillips, who was the boyfriend of her niece, Pascha Baskette. Baskette discovered her aunt the next morning.

The Metro Nashville Police Department’s Homicide Unit reopened what was first reported as a self-inflicted wound; during a lengthy interview Phillips confessed to shooting Estok. He was arrested and charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault and aggravated kidnapping, jailed on a $725,000 bond.

At trial prosecutors said Phillips shot Estok while she slept and then terrorized his girlfriend to conceal the crime. The jury found Phillips guilty of first-degree premeditated murder, especially aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault; the murder conviction carries an automatic life sentence. Does anyone have information about Estok’s last evening or about the Barker Road residence that could help clarify what happened?