James E. King, a 68-year-old White man, was shot and killed inside his Smyrna, Delaware, home on May 28, 2014. At about 3:06 a.m. a 911 call from the Sugar Maple Lane residence disconnected; a dispatcher called back and Amanda G. King, then 57, told the dispatcher she had shot her husband. Troopers and local officers found James near a staircase with a single gunshot wound to his upper torso; he was taken to Kent General Hospital and pronounced dead.

An autopsy ruled the manner of death homicide and police recovered a Glock .45-caliber semiautomatic from the kitchen. Amanda was arrested at the scene and charged with first-degree murder and a weapons offense. Court records presented a long history of domestic violence between the couple, with authorities documenting 22 reported incidents dating to the mid-1980s; the defense said Amanda had suffered longstanding abuse and severe emotional distress. Amanda later pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced in March 2016.

Does anyone have information about the couple’s history or the Sugar Maple Lane neighborhood around that time?