Christina M. Chatlos, a 38-year-old White woman, was found dead inside a vehicle in a Portland Street parking lot in Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, on January 23, 2024. A passerby reported a car with what appeared to be bullet holes around 5:55 p.m.; responding officers discovered Chatlos slumped over and later confirmed her death at the scene. An autopsy at the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington determined the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the torso and ruled the death a homicide.

Vermont State Police led the investigation, with detectives canvassing the neighborhood, interviewing witnesses, searching for video evidence, and the Crime Scene Search Team processing the scene. Two people were detained on unrelated out-of-state warrants during the inquiry. In late February, authorities announced the arrest of a 15-year-old male from Springfield, Massachusetts, who is to be charged as an adult with second-degree murder; police allege the teen fatally shot Chatlos during a confrontation. The suspect was in Massachusetts custody on an unrelated warrant and was being held there pending Vermont arraignment.

Did anyone in the Saint Johnsbury area see or hear anything on the afternoon of January 23 that could help clarify what happened?