In the early morning hours of Sunday, May 19, 2019, deputies responded to a reported shooting at a home on the 100 block of Lady Slipper Bend in Harvest, Alabama. Around 2 a.m., officers found 51-year-old Elena Voronenkova on the floor with a gunshot wound to her torso. Deputies performed CPR until EMS arrived, but Voronenkova was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators focused on a person close to the victim and arrested her 27-year-old son, Nik Rutberg, charging him with his mother’s murder. The investigation into the circumstances of the shooting remains ongoing.

If anyone knew Elena, her family, or witnessed activity in that neighborhood around May 19, 2019, please share information with the authorities handling the case.