Chandra Belton, a 40-year-old African American woman, was shot to death on April 4, 2010, in the parking lot of Big H Auto Auction, 14450 West Road in northwest Harris County, Houston. Witnesses saw Chandra arrive with a man later identified as her estranged husband, Jerry Belton, in a gold-colored Ford Escape. Chandra’s family reported her missing that evening after finding her purse in her car and being unable to reach her by cell phone.

Jerry Belton, 51, was arrested the next day in Amite, Louisiana, about 40 miles northeast of Baton Rouge, and charged with Chandra’s murder; bond was set at $100,000 and he was awaiting extradition to Texas. He was described as 5 feet 11 inches, 195 to 200 pounds, bald, and hearing impaired. Anyone with information was urged to contact Crime Stoppers.

What did readers in northwest Harris County remember about that funeral-day sequence or the vehicles involved?