Cathy Ann Maples, 72, was a long‑time educator in Adrian, Michigan, remembered as a librarian, media specialist and English teacher who spent 35 years at Deerfield Public Schools. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor’s and a master’s degree, and was a mother of two daughters and grandmother of two grandchildren.

On the evening of Friday, February 24, 2023, deputies were dispatched at about 9 p.m. to the Maples home on Baldwin Highway in Madison Township after a reported domestic violence shooting. The 911 call came from Cathy’s husband of 42 years, Stephen Sevedus Maples, who reported that he had shot his wife. Deputies found Cathy Maples deceased in a bedroom from apparent gunshot wounds and recovered a .357‑caliber handgun; Stephen Maples was taken into custody at the scene. Authorities noted a prior domestic‑violence call at the home in 2005.

Stephen Maples was charged with open murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony; a jury later convicted him of second‑degree murder and the felony firearm count, and he was being held without bond pending sentencing. If anyone knew Cathy or has information about that night, please share what can help the case.