On March 17, 2024, Stephanie Erin Bower Childs, 39, was fatally shot in her Ballwin, Missouri home around 1:00 a.m. Her estranged husband, 45-year-old Zachary Childs, allegedly forced entry by throwing a bag of concrete through a sliding glass door, confronted her with a Taurus G3 9mm pistol, and shot her in the head. Stephanie was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead at a hospital.

The couple’s young daughter, Sidney Fae, was inside the home and reportedly witnessed her father standing over her mother before he fled. A nearby resident later reported seeing a man matching the suspect’s description walking without shoes and with a blood-stained shirt; officers arrested Zachary Childs near the scene. He was charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, and first-degree burglary and held without bond, with a pre-trial hearing set for June 2024.

What information do readers with knowledge of the Ballwin neighborhood or the family have that could help clarify events that night?