On September 23, 2018, 32-year-old Carolyn Nicole Powell was shot and killed in her parents’ home in Altamont, Tennessee. She was living there with her four children, who ranged in age from two to twelve, and two other children were also in the house during the incident.

The shooting began when Powell’s estranged husband, 37-year-old John Wesley Smith, entered the home and found her with another man, 38-year-old Gary Christopher Hurst of Bridgeport, Alabama. Smith shot Powell and Hurst; Powell’s father, Jerone Powell, who was present, shot Smith and was injured in the confrontation as well. Smith was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, two counts of attempted criminal homicide, eleven counts of reckless endangerment, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation assisted the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office. Powell had recently filed for divorce, and Smith was reported to be struggling with a meth addiction.

Does anyone have information about Carolyn’s life in Altamont or about the children who were in the home that day?