Joyce Ann Jeffries, 84, was shot and killed in Deatsville, Alabama, in July 2021 in what authorities described as a domestic-related murder-suicide. The attack also killed her daughter-in-law, Susan Jeffries. The person identified as the shooter was Joyce’s son, William Jeffries, who reportedly told his daughter shortly before the killings that his mother’s recent dementia diagnosis was his motive.

After shooting Joyce and Susan, William Jeffries died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A daughter and her children were in the home and were not physically harmed, but the family lost a grandmother, a mother, and a grandfather in the incident. With William Jeffries’ death, he became the sole suspect and the immediate criminal investigation ended.

If anyone knew the family or has information about the events in Deatsville that day, please share what you know.