Melissa Cody was 42 when she was shot and killed inside a third-floor room at the Days Inn & Suites in the Tillman’s Corner area of Mobile, Alabama, on the morning of February 2, 2022. Police say a man fired a shotgun from the doorway into the room, striking Melissa in the stomach while she was in the bathroom. A man who was in the room with her, identified as her husband Jason Cody, returned fire and struck the shooter, but Melissa did not survive her injuries.

Investigators identified a suspect and on February 8, 2022 arrested 35-year-old Eric Maurice Moseley Jr., also reported as Eric Mosley Junior, charging him with murder and first-degree burglary. The man alleged to be the shooter drove himself to an urgent care facility after the incident. At a March 2022 preliminary hearing, prosecutors said Moseley had tracked Melissa to the motel after being angered by an alleged fake prostitution scheme prosecutors described the couple as running; the detective’s testimony outlined that men were allegedly met, paid upfront, and then left without sex. Moseley’s attorney said he shot in self-defense and that Jason Cody fired first. A judge found sufficient evidence to send the murder charge to a grand jury.

Does anyone have information about Melissa, the motel, or that day that could help clarify what happened?