Robby Lynn Ragsdale, 44, was found dead in his Jessieville home on Pipkin Street in the early morning of March 10, 2017. Emergency responders were called shortly after 6 a.m.; he was pronounced dead at the scene from an apparent gunshot wound. Only his girlfriend was at the house when officers arrived.

According to family accounts, the girlfriend said Ragsdale tried to wake her around 4:30 a.m., then began cleaning a gun when she didn’t get up. She later told family he had been stabbed, a statement that was contradicted by the discovery of the gunshot wound about an hour and a half afterward. Ragsdale’s sister Keri Overton has expressed doubt that his death was an accident, noting he handled firearms his whole life and served as a volunteer EMT.

The Garland County Sheriff’s Office investigated and questioned the girlfriend, who was released the same day. Authorities treated the matter as a shooting investigation but did not immediately classify it as a homicide, and no arrests or named suspects have been announced. Does anyone have information about Robby’s last hours or who was in the area that morning?