On the early morning of April 16, 2023, deputies responded to a rural residence in the 23700 block of South State Route C near Peculiar, Missouri, after a distress call about a gunshot victim. Officers found 50-year-old Alyssa Jordan lying on the kitchen floor with a fatal gunshot wound to her left cheek. Blood was on the stove and kitchen walls, there were bloody footprints leading toward the basement, and blood was on the suspect’s hands and socks.

The 911 call was placed by Jordan’s 49-year-old live-in boyfriend, Christopher M. Marshall, who initially told dispatchers she had shot herself and claimed the firearm had been thrown into a nearby pond. His account shifted several times; he alternately said he had been asleep or had been outside tending dogs before discovering her. Officers observed Marshall to be heavily intoxicated. A shell casing was found near the dining room table, and multiple pistols were located concealed in the bedroom and in a closet, which contradicted the suicide narrative. Witnesses staying at the home reported waking to a single gunshot after an argument.

If anyone knew Alyssa Jordan or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know.