Donald Webb, 51, was found dead from a gunshot wound inside a second-floor apartment in the 400 block of West Fir Road in Carthage, Missouri, on December 12, 2025. Officers responded at about 6:22 p.m. after a call initially reported as a medical emergency. Emergency personnel attempted life-saving measures, but Webb was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators quickly focused on Webb’s girlfriend, Candida Hudson of Carthage. Hudson told police Webb had shot himself after an argument; she said he had been intoxicated, had threatened suicide and that she tried to wrest the gun away before he moved to the other end of the couch and fired. Authorities reported evidence they said was inconsistent with a self-inflicted wound: gunshot residue detected on Hudson’s left hand but not on Webb’s hands, blood on the right side of the gun frame, and other scene observations cited in a probable cause statement.

Hudson was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action and was held without bond. She waived a preliminary hearing in February 2026 and was bound over for trial; the prosecution remained pending. Does anyone have information about Webb, Hudson, or that apartment complex that could help clarify what happened that night?