Leslie Jo Mixon, 57, was fatally shot in a shop building on Jensen Road southeast of Mountain View, Arkansas, on January 30, 2023. Known to family and friends as Jo-Jo, she enjoyed watching eagles, caring for goats and other animals, and tending her yard. An autopsy ruled the shotgun blast to her face the cause of death and the manner homicide.

Her husband, 50-year-old Fred Michael Mixon, called the Faulkner County sheriff and said he had shot his wife and would surrender only to that sheriff. When deputies and state officers arrived they found Fred Mixon barricaded at the residence; after negotiations he surrendered armed with a loaded .45-caliber handgun. Investigators executing a search warrant located Leslie Mixon’s body and a 12-gauge shotgun with a spent shell casing in the barrel at the scene. Fred Mixon was charged with first-degree murder and held on $1,000,000 bond.

Reports indicate Fred Mixon told officers he broke when his wife laughed in his face. What information can readers offer about Leslie’s life, routines, or the area around Jensen Road that might help clarify what happened?