April Nicole Newcomb-Cripe was 28 when she was found fatally shot outside her apartment at Wimbledon Square Apartments in Portland’s Reed neighborhood on the night of April 15, 2023. Her two young children were found unharmed inside the home. Police say the investigation quickly focused on her husband and the father of her children, Adam Jamal Burns, after it emerged April had expressed fears he might kill her or have her killed.

Surveillance footage from the complex reportedly captured a vehicle matching Burns’ leaving the scene minutes before the 911 call. Less than a month later, on May 8, 2023, Burns was arrested in Vancouver, Washington, on a murder warrant and charged with Murder in the Second Degree and Unlawful Use of a Weapon; he was extradited to Oregon to face those charges.

What additional information do readers have about April’s life or the hours before the shooting?