On April 21, 2022, Sharon Trammell, 72, and her husband William Clinton Trammell, 75, were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds in their home in the rural community of Mountain View, Arkansas. The couple were active in their church and well known locally; Sharon is described as devoted to her family and church.

That same day investigators found two more victims at a nearby residence: Shirley Watters, 77, and her son James Watters, 55, also dead of gunshot wounds. The proximity of the two scenes and the similar manner of death led officials to treat the incidents as connected.

Police arrested Donnie Lee Trammell, 54, the Trammells’ son, on unrelated probation violations the day after the bodies were discovered. Authorities later charged him with four counts of first-degree murder. The motive for the killings was not extensively detailed in reports.

If anyone knew the victims, their routines, or observed anything unusual in Mountain View around April 21, 2022, please share information.