Betty Lou Hearn, 80, was found dead in her Dallas home on Colwick Avenue on March 17, 2024, the victim of a fatal gunshot wound to the head. The death came to light after her granddaughter, 30-year-old Kelsie Miles, went to the Grand Prairie Police Department at about 5 a.m. and confessed to shooting her grandmother at their shared residence. Officers forced entry to Hearn’s home when there was no response at the door and found her deceased on the floor; the reported murder weapon, a Smith & Wesson .380, was recovered from Miles’s car.

Neighbors expressed shock and sorrow, describing Hearn as a kind woman who looked after neighborhood children. Family members called the death a tragedy and did not speculate about a motive. Miles, who reportedly had no prior criminal history, was arrested and charged with murder and is being held in the Dallas County Jail on $750,000 bond.

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