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On the night of January 31, 2015, 38-year-old Thomas Lawrence Veloz was shot to death at the Libby, Montana, home of 74-year-old Henry Carl Schroeder. Veloz had gone to the residence after an argument with his girlfriend, Kimberlee Ann Patterson, who had told Schroeder their relationship was over and that Veloz was on a warpath. Schroeder then retrieved a .380 caliber pistol and, from about six feet away, shot Veloz; after Veloz fell, Schroeder fired several more times, a total of five rounds.

Veloz’s body remained in the house for roughly 18 hours before a friend reported the incident on February 1, when police found the body under a blue blanket and a large pool of blood. Schroeder was arrested, admitted firing five times, and implicated Patterson as present; Patterson was later detained after her vehicle slid into a ditch. Investigators recovered the .380 pistol but only two shell casings, and charges brought included deliberate homicide and tampering with evidence for Schroeder and a felony evidence-tampering charge for Patterson. If anyone knew Thomas Veloz, Kimberlee Patterson, or details about that night in Libby, what information can be shared with investigators?