Christina Marie Bradshaw Runyon was 35 and a mother of five when she died of gunshot wounds on October 6, 2021, in Sevierville, Tennessee. Her family describes her as a playful, doting mother who loved to play jokes; her death on the couple’s tenth wedding anniversary left them searching for answers for years.

Conflicting accounts about what happened came from her husband, David Runyon. Reports include a version that a gun fell off a shelf and discharged, striking Christina in the face, and another that she took her own life while distressed. Her brother Steven Bolton did not accept those explanations.

In February 2024 a grand jury indicted David Runyon on first-degree murder; he was arrested and arraigned and a public defender was appointed. The case is now proceeding through the courts.

If anyone has information about Christina, the circumstances of that night, or the period leading up to October 6, 2021, please come forward.