On April 5, 2010, 23-year-old Randi Gilmore was found fatally shot in the basement of her rental home at 2308 E. Eighth St. in Des Moines. Police said the shooting occurred during a domestic dispute; it was reported as the city’s first homicide that year. Randi was a mother of three children, all under six, who were in the home when the incident happened and were later placed with relatives.

Her husband, 25-year-old Donte Marcell Gilmore, was found in the front yard and taken into custody. He was charged with first-degree murder in Randi’s death. Neighbors described the family as quiet and not very social; the couple had lived in the house for just under two years. Records cited in the case show prior domestic-abuse charges involving Randi from 2005 in Woodbury County.

Did anyone in Des Moines know the family or have information about tensions leading up to April 5, 2010?