On April 15, 1991, Pocahontas Police Officer Scotty Lee Bennett, 27, was killed while responding to a domestic disturbance. Bennett had been on the scene earlier that day and returned after officers went to supper. Just after 7:00 PM, as he stepped out of his patrol car, Dwight Sullinger, 33, emerged from the residence and fired a 12-gauge shotgun at close range, killing Bennett instantly. Sullinger then turned the shotgun on himself in an apparent suicide attempt and survived; he was taken into custody.

Bennett had served with the Pocahontas Police Department for two and a half years and was a husband and father of three. The shooting devastated his family and colleagues in the small community. Sullinger was later charged and convicted of first-degree murder and received a life sentence.

Did anyone in Pocahontas in 1991 observe events or contacts around that address that could shed more light on the confrontation?