On the evening of October 15, 2022, gunfire on Huffman Branch Road in Pecks Mill, West Virginia, killed 42-year-old Lamanda Mandi Lynn Vance. Deputies who responded around 8:30 p.m. found Vance deceased on her own porch with a fatal gunshot wound to the head.

Witnesses at the scene, including Vance’s daughter, identified 22-year-old Zachary Curtis Ball of Stollings as the shooter and said he fled on foot carrying a firearm. Deputies located Ball hiding in a nearby culvert; officers noted the smell of alcohol and reported Ball expressed remorse, saying he had messed up and shot her. A magazine clip was recovered but the firearm was not immediately found amid dense foliage.

Authorities described the event as a domestic dispute with possible child custody issues as a contributing factor. Ball was arrested, charged with murder, and later indicted by a Logan County Grand Jury for first-degree murder; witness testimony was presented at a preliminary hearing. Did anyone in the area know Lamanda Vance or see activity on Huffman Branch Road that night?