On the morning of March 7, 2012, Amy Jane Ellison Nichols, 27, was found dead in the living room of her Brigham Landing Road home in Girard, Georgia. A mother of three daughters, ages 11, 8, and 5, she was also pregnant. Her eldest daughter discovered the body and called for help.

Investigators from the Burke County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation determined Amy died from a single gunshot wound that struck her spleen; the wound was fatal to her and her unborn child. Authorities say there were no signs of forced entry and believe Amy likely knew the person who knocked and whom she answered the door for. Investigators have examined personal relationships and communications, and have suggested her pregnancy might have been a motive. A $10,000 reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction, but no arrests or public suspect names have been announced.

Did anyone in the Girard area know Amy’s routines, visitors, or anyone who might have had a motive to harm her?