On August 16, 2018, 55-year-old Bobby Middleton was found dead in the bedroom of his Tichnor, Arkansas home from a single gunshot wound. A 911 call to authorities came from his 59-year-old girlfriend, Maria Salers, who in that call said she shot Middleton during an argument. Deputies took Salers into custody and held her on an investigative hold while the Arkansas County Sheriff’s Department worked the case.

Sheriff Todd Wright said deputies had previously responded to the couple’s home for a welfare check and to assist Salers in leaving on an earlier occasion, indicating prior domestic trouble. Middleton’s stepdaughter, Rebecca Chambers, expressed the family’s distress over the case and criticized the bond set for Salers while also questioning whether Middleton’s injuries extended beyond the single gunshot described in reports. Salers remained in custody awaiting the prosecutor’s decision on formal charges.

If anyone knew the couple or witnessed events at the home around mid-August 2018, any information could help clarify what happened.