Juan Rivera Garcia, 36, was found dead on January 6, 2019, in the yard of a home on Wesley Drive in Mesquite, Texas, after suffering multiple gunshot wounds. Police were called about 8:15 a.m. after a neighbor discovered his body; neighbors later said they had heard multiple gunshots around 3 a.m. but initially thought they were fireworks.

Investigators arrested 23-year-old Kailey Elizabeth Marnell and charged her with one count of murder, held on $250,000 bond. The arrest affidavit says Marnell told police she shot Garcia in self-defense, claiming he was trying to break into her house for a second time in recent weeks. Police reported inconsistencies in her account and cited a bullet hole in her garage door, a .38 caliber bullet nearby, a revolver with six spent shell casings inside her home, damage to her back fence, and a deleted Facebook message in which she said she had shot at a man trying to get into her house. Garcia’s wife told police she saw someone in Marnell’s car speed away right after the shooting.

Rivera Garcia’s family described him as a loving husband and father. What did neighbors see or hear that night, and does anyone have information about events leading up to the shooting?