In the early morning hours of September 26, 2023, 46-year-old Ashley Kliebert was found dead in her Ponchatoula, Louisiana, home from a gunshot wound to the head suffered while she slept. Deputies responded to the residence on Sisters Road after a 911 call in which 19-year-old Johnathan Payne Kliebert told a dispatcher he had killed his mother and said he was at a local hospital preparing to turn himself in. Officers arrested Johnathan in the hospital parking lot.

At the scene, investigators also found Ashley’s dog, which had been shot and killed. During an interview, Johnathan said he had woken in an angry state, retrieved a shotgun, and entered his mother’s bedroom, where he shot both her and the dog. He was booked into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail on charges that include first-degree murder, armed robbery, cruelty to animals, and aggravated crimes against nature.

Who in the community might have known Ashley and her family and has information about what led to this tragedy?