On the evening of February 3, 2019, 70-year-old Catherine Ann Taylor was shot in the head at a Catamount Road home in Fairfield, Connecticut. Catherine had recently moved into a cottage on property owned by her son after a long, post-divorce living arrangement with her ex-husband, 75-year-old James Taylor, had deteriorated. Neighbors or family had called police two days earlier over a dispute about vehicles, and Catherine had told her son she feared for her safety after James warned her things were going to get bad.

That night Catherine used an iPad to track James’s location through a shared phone plan and saw him approaching the cottage. Her son called 911 as sounds of breaking glass and Catherine’s screams were heard, followed by a gunshot. The son found James standing over Catherine with a .22-caliber rifle; after James fired, he allegedly attempted to load another round and then reportedly intended to shoot his stepson. The son tackled and subdued James while on the phone with dispatchers, pinning him until police arrived.

James Taylor was arrested at the scene and charged with murder, attempted murder, home invasion, and burglary, held on $2 million bond. If anyone knew Catherine or has information about the events leading up to that night, please share what is known.