On the morning of May 24, 2023, Raymond Franklin Woods Jr., 54, was found dead on his couch in a Mechanicsville, Maryland, apartment from a gunshot wound to the head. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence on the 29000 block of Three Notch Road after a report of the shooting at about 5:30 a.m.

Detectives identified two suspects during the investigation: Woods’ 38-year-old stepson, Marvin Orlando Johnson of Mechanicsville, and 37-year-old Marlee Lynn Stokes of Charlotte Hall. Investigators say there had been prior conflict between Johnson and his stepfather, including a verbal altercation and threats, and a witness reported seeing Johnson place a rifle into a vehicle driven by Stokes the night of the killing. Johnson reportedly confessed to an acquaintance that he had shot Woods. Both Johnson and Stokes were arrested and held without bond on charges related to the killing.

Are there any neighbors or family members who remember tensions in the household or who saw vehicles or people near Three Notch Road that morning?