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Donna Loraine Martin was 36 when she was shot and killed in the Pollard area of Escambia County, Alabama. On the evening of Friday, December 2, 2016, a distress call about a gunshot victim prompted first responders to go to the intersection of Foshee Road and Highway 31; Martin was found with a gunshot wound to her side and was taken to D.W. McMillan Hospital in Brewton, where she was pronounced dead.

At the time, Shannon Heath Bell, then 31, was with Martin near the Pollard Boat Landing. Bell initially told investigators the shooting was accidental, saying he had been attempting to shoot a deer at night and that a struggle over the firearm caused it to discharge. He was arrested and charged with manslaughter and a night hunting violation, and bond was set at $25,000.

The investigation later went to a grand jury, which returned an indictment in May 2017 upgrading the charge against Bell to murder; following that action Bell was taken into custody and his bond was increased to $150,000. Who has information about Donna Martin, her movements that evening, or the area around Pollard Boat Landing on December 2, 2016?