Brittany Yvonne Guillory Fontenot was 31 when she died of multiple gunshot wounds at her Chataignier, Louisiana home on April 13, 2023. Her husband, Ray Charles Fontenot Jr., initially told deputies he discovered Brittany after hearing a popping noise and said she had shot herself three times in the head, using two different firearms; family members found that account implausible and pushed for further inquiry.

The couple were reportedly separating and had been fighting; investigators noted Ray Fontenot Jr. and the couple’s children were at the home when Brittany was shot. The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office, with help from Lafayette Parish deputies, continued investigating apparent inconsistencies in the husband’s statement as Brittany’s mother and other family members publicly sought a more thorough review.

What can readers who knew Brittany or who were in Chataignier around April 13, 2023, add to the timeline or the events that night?