Rena Hodges was 35 and lived in Southwest Houston when she was found shot to death in her apartment on February 16, 2017. She was a mother of three daughters, ages 14, 10, and 9, and her family says she had been a victim of domestic violence and had told friends and relatives she planned to leave her boyfriend, Jerald Watt.

On the day she was killed Hodges was on the phone with a friend, who heard Hodges say Watt had a gun pointed at her during an argument; the friend then heard a scuffle and the call ended. Hodges’ family grew worried when she failed to pick up her children from school and found her body in an upstairs bedroom after a security guard let them into the apartment.

Hodges’ brother, Lee Hodges, took in her daughters.

Did anyone in the neighborhood or school community notice signs of trouble before February 16, 2017?