Hollie Marie Adcock, 22, was found dead in her East Memphis apartment on April 9, 2017. At first the death was treated as a suicide after a note was found and her then–ex-boyfriend Jason Chase Riley, 29, placed a 911 call saying she had taken her own life. Hollie was a summa cum laude graduate of Mississippi State University, a Kappa Delta member, and had been co-valedictorian and senior class president in high school.

Investigators later found evidence the scene had been tampered with and staged. The alleged suicide note was determined to be a forgery and prosecutors said Riley had sent numerous threatening voicemails, texts, and calls after the breakup. Riley was arrested in September 2018 and indicted on first-degree murder, tampering with evidence, extortion, and filing a false report; he later pleaded to reckless homicide and received a 16½ year sentence.