Late the night of February 19, 2023, a 911 call from a camper in the rural Edwards area of Camden County, Missouri, captured sounds of a struggle and a voice pleading for someone named Alex to put a gun down before the line went dead. Deputies found 56-year-old Eric L. Cantrell dead on the living room floor from an apparent gunshot wound and 54-year-old Tammy Marie Larrabee critically wounded by a gunshot.

A 19-year-old relative, Alexander O. Cantrell-King, told deputies he heard a shot, ran in, and wrestled a 30-30 rifle away from Larrabee, saying the weapon accidentally discharged and struck her. Larrabee, while being transported to the hospital, identified Alexander Cantrell-King as the shooter. Investigators said the physical evidence at the scene supported her statement and contradicted the teenager’s account, and Alexander was taken into custody.

Larrabee was flown to University Hospital in Columbia and died of her injuries on February 24, 2023. Alexander Cantrell-King was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree domestic assault, and two counts of armed criminal action and was held without bond. Does anyone have information about the family, the camper’s location, or the events that night?