Seventeen-year-old Kaley Michelle Fowler was fatally shot on March 21, 2024, at her home in Chadbourn, North Carolina while attempting to intervene in a domestic altercation between her parents. Born February 9, 2007, in Columbus County, Kaley was the daughter of Patricia Joyce Sellers and Jeffery Dale Fowler and is survived by siblings Morgan Rose Fowler, Amber Marie Lee, Austin Troy Fowler, Zachary Dylan Fowler, and grandparents Sterling Fowler and Will Anderson.

Her father, 56-year-old Jeffrey Dale Fowler, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with Kaley’s death. Funeral services were held March 29, 2024, at Worthington Funeral Home Chapel, with burial in Chadbourn Memorial Cemetery; the family asked for contributions toward burial expenses in lieu of flowers.

Kaley’s killing is noted amid a wider spike in domestic violence-related homicides in the Border Belt earlier in 2024. If anyone knew Kaley or has information about the events that night, please come forward.