Gina Oliphant, a 54-year-old woman from La Marque, Texas, was found fatally shot in the head at her home shortly before midnight on December 20, 2016. Her husband, 58-year-old Johnny Oliphant, was arrested at the scene and charged with murder; bond was set at $100,000.

Prosecutors later alleged Johnny shot Gina during an argument after mixing sleeping pills with alcohol, and his statement to dispatchers on a 911 call — I guess I won that one — was used in the case. The couple had been married more than 30 years, and reports described a tumultuous relationship with incidents of physical abuse.

Their younger son, Dylan Oliphant, filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Galveston County District Court alleging Johnny had physically abused Gina and seeking damages for financial losses and mental anguish, saying his mother had been the rock of his life.