Amy Jennifer Debty Freeman, 45, was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound at a residence on Dan Holland Road in Andrews, North Carolina, after a 911 call at about 1:00 a.m. on January 31, 2024. Deputies and paramedics discovered her deceased at the scene.

Authorities arrested her husband, 43-year-old Randy Dean Freeman, on February 19, 2024, charging him with one count of second-degree murder and two counts of possession of a firearm by a felon. Funeral services for Amy Freeman were held on February 8, 2024, at Vengeance Creek Baptist Church with burial at Vengeance Creek Memorial Garden in Marble.

Amy was born December 15, 1978, in Andrews to Johnny Debty and the late Linda Martin Debty. She was active in Vengeance Creek Baptist Church, loved spending time with family and grandchildren, and is survived by her father, children Summer Ellis, Tabetha Thomas and Joseph Thomas, siblings Kathy Leitner and William Debty, grandmother Sadie Debty, and grandchildren Winter Star Finch and Jesse Douglas Barlow. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office asks anyone with information to contact their Criminal Investigation Division at 828-837-2589.

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