Melissa Jo Downing, a 49-year-old woman from Des Moines, Iowa, was shot and killed in her apartment on December 15, 2014. The shooting took place during a domestic violence incident and was carried out by her 31-year-old husband, Bobby Joe Morris, in the presence of their four-month-old infant and Downing’s 80-year-old mother. Both the baby and the mother escaped to a neighbor’s home and were unharmed.

After the shooting Morris was not at the scene. He fled toward the northern U.S. border and was stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Protection while attempting to cross into Canada. He was arrested, extradited to Iowa, and charged with first-degree murder in connection with Downing’s death.

Are there details about the relationship or the days leading up to December 15, 2014, that anyone can share to help clarify what happened?