Ashley Grace Goad, 22, of Comfort, West Virginia, was shot and killed on October 18, 2021, outside a home on Left Fork Road in Boone County. She was pregnant; obituary information names the unborn child as Kenneth Dale Sipple, who also died. Authorities described the attack as random and said there was no indication the shooter had known Ashley beforehand.

Police say Mitchell Caleb Hughes, 30, of Racine, arrived at the scene, opened fire with a double-barreled shotgun and then fled. He allegedly stole a police cruiser and led officers on a multi-county chase into Kanawha County and Kanawha State Forest before being captured after an hours-long search. Hughes was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and additional offenses connected to the chase.

Criminal proceedings were delayed after mental health evaluations. The case’s outcome left Ashley’s family without their daughter and the child she was carrying. Did anyone know Ashley or have information about her movements that afternoon?