Richard E. Crowder, 74, was found dead inside his mobile home on Otter Lane in the Mink Shoals area of Kanawha County on February 13, 2024 after a health care worker who checked on senior citizens could not get him to answer the door. Deputies and medics located him lying on the floor; authorities said he had suffered a gunshot wound and treated the circumstances as suspicious. Investigators estimated the time of death as sometime between Sunday, February 11, and Tuesday, February 13, 2024, and an autopsy and forensic review were conducted.

Months later, Brittany Hickman, 35, of Elkview was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Court filings and investigators reported that she was the last known person to see Crowder alive and was found nearby on the day his body was discovered. Reports said gunshot residue was found on her clothing, Crowder’s blood was on her shirt, blood from her feet matched Crowder, and Hickman’s DNA was on the hammer of a shotgun inside the home.

Does anyone have information about Crowder’s movements in early February 2024 or about interactions between him and Hickman?