Kenyeta McWilliams, 37, was killed at her home on Henon Lane in Elizabethtown, Kentucky on the evening of December 27, 2023. Known in her community for generosity and compassion, she often opened her home to people in need; family remembered her as selfless and caring. Her sister said Kenyeta taught her about life, compassion and kindness.

According to family accounts, a man she had been assisting, 34-year-old Chris Allen Bell Jr., was at her residence that night. An argument reportedly began over $5. After McWilliams gave him the money she told him he could not stay and asked him to leave, then shut and locked the front door, leaving him on the porch. Bell reportedly fired several shots through the closed door, striking McWilliams multiple times.

Elizabethtown Police were called around 8:40 p.m.; officers found McWilliams with gunshot wounds and she was pronounced deceased at the scene after life-saving measures. Investigators identified Bell as the suspect with the help of eyewitnesses and surveillance video; he was arrested a few hours later after a brief standoff and charged with murder. Does anyone in the Elizabethtown area have information about Kenyeta, her work helping others, or the events that evening?