Rev Marcelline Racine and her husband, Kerlande Racine were fatally shot outside their West Palm Beach home on Saturday, December 9, 2023, about a week after the couple had married and days after Marcelline’s birthday and wedding on December 2. Witnesses say the suspect, identified as 46-year-old Sony Josaphat, parked across the street, greeted the couple, then pulled out a pistol and shot them. Their daughter, who is Josaphat’s child with Marcelline, witnessed the shooting and called 911; three of Marcelline’s other children were inside the house at the time.

Josaphat, Marcelline’s ex-husband whose divorce had been finalized a few months earlier, had reportedly shown controlling behavior and periodically appeared at the residence despite not living there for over a year. He fled after the shooting but later turned himself in, admitted to the crime, and told police he was angry because his ex-wife had been disrespecting him and blocking his calls. Both victims were Haitian immigrants; Kerlande served as a pastor and Marcelline worked as a long-time nurse practitioner. Josaphat was arrested, booked in the Palm Beach County jail without bond, assigned a public defender and scheduled to appear in court on January 8.

What details about the couple’s last day or about the timeline of Josaphat’s visits to the house might help explain how this escalated?