On January 19, 2023, at about 3:55 p.m., first responders found 72-year-old Muriel Laverne Easley dead from a gunshot wound to the head inside a residence in the 2200 block of Colgate Lane in East Austin. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officers discovered her husband, 77-year-old Willie Easley, at the home. Detectives say evidence gathered during the investigation led them to determine Willie shot Muriel; he was arrested and charged with murder and booked into the Travis County Jail. The case was recorded as Austin’s fifth homicide of 2023.

Anyone with information about the death is asked to contact the Austin Police Department’s Homicide Unit or to submit anonymous tips through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program. Would anyone who knew the Easleys or who was in the Colgate Lane area that afternoon share what they saw or heard?