Chaquanda Latise Odom, 36, was shot to death in her vehicle on January 3, 2025, in the 21000 block of Liberty Street in Lexington Park, Maryland. Police say they found her with multiple gunshot wounds, including to the head and upper body, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities report her 38-year-old ex-husband, Jayson David Pressley, turned himself in later that day and confessed to the shooting. Pressley told investigators they had arranged to meet in a parking lot so he could give Odom a $22,000 check as part of their divorce settlement; he said she remained in her car while he stood outside the open driver’s-side window and shot her twice. Investigators recovered two spent shell casings inside Odom’s vehicle.

Pressley was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, and use of a firearm in a violent crime and was held without bond. Few details about motive beyond the meeting for the settlement check are available in the report.

Did anyone know Chaquanda or have information about the meeting that morning?