On April 4, 2025, a domestic dispute on Kelley Road in Albertville, Alabama, ended with 38-year-old Lesley Marie Ward shot and critically wounded. Emergency responders prepared her for airlift to Huntsville Hospital, but she was pronounced dead there. Lesley was described as a white female who worked as an in-home caregiver and was remembered by family as sweet, loving, and compassionate.

Law enforcement identified her husband, 34-year-old Steven Ward, as the primary suspect. He was arrested by the Guntersville Police Department on April 5, 2025, charged with murder, and booked into the Marshall County Jail held without bond. Authorities continued investigating the circumstances of the shooting inside the Kelley Road residence.

If anyone knew Lesley, her movements that day, or has information about what happened at the Kelley Road home, please share what you know.