Marvin Neal James, 54, was found dead in his Doney Park home in Flagstaff after his girlfriend, 43-year-old Susan Joy Jacobson, walked into a sheriff’s office on February 27, 2015, and said she had shot him and that his body remained in the residence. Deputies obtained a warrant and located the body; investigators believe the killing occurred between the late hours of Wednesday, February 25, and the early morning of Thursday, February 26, 2015. Jacobson pointed detectives to the general area where a handgun wrapped in plastic and buried was recovered by the county’s search and rescue unit. At the scene, James’s body was reportedly wrapped in garbage bags, a blanket, and a tarp. At trial the prosecution said Jacobson shot James while he slept to gain sole custody of their children; the defense argued she acted in self-defense after alleged prior abuse and a struggle for the gun.

Does anyone have information about James’s life in Doney Park or the couple’s relationship that could help clarify what happened?