Late on September 24, 2021, a shooting at a residence on U.S. Highway 80 in Phenix City, Alabama, left Jessica Rose Martin, 35, dead. Officers arriving at the scene found one other adult, Richard Cook, 40, already deceased from multiple gunshot wounds. Jessica Martin was critically injured and taken to Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown Hospital, where she was pronounced dead; she was pregnant and also lost her unborn child in the attack.

Investigators identified 47-year-old Jeffrey Lynn Martin as the suspect. Witnesses reported he fled into nearby woods after the shootings; deputies and state agents established a perimeter and later found his body in the wooded area. Authorities concluded Jeffrey Lynn Martin had killed Jessica Martin, her unborn child, and Richard Cook before taking his own life, and the case was closed as a murder-suicide.

If anyone remembers activity on U.S. Highway 80 around Phenix City on September 24, 2021, or has information about the victims’ final hours, please share what you know.