On November 28, 2022, 12-year-old Kelsi Marie Thompson was found shot to death in Forrest City, Arkansas, alongside two adults identified as 34-year-old Shalanda Nicole Barton and 31-year-old Jaterrance Wright. The three victims were discovered during a welfare check at a residence.

Authorities later arrested 17-year-old Jonathan Rolfe and charged him as an adult with three counts of capital murder. Reports state that Barton was Rolfe’s mother and Thompson his younger sister, making the killings a family tragedy that deeply affected the Forrest City community and the school district where Kelsi was a student.

Several key facts are known, but questions remain about the events that led to the shootings and the motive. Anyone with information about that day or the victims is asked to come forward.