Craig Anthony Cottle, 59, was shot to death inside the camper where he had been living at 94 Carver Street in Robson, West Virginia, in the early morning hours of February 18, 2021. Known as Tony, Cottle was a self-employed mason, a Marine Corps veteran, and a father and grandfather. Deputies found him after a report shortly before 2:00 a.m.; he had suffered two gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators identified neighbor Douglas Joseph Greene as the shooter. Greene told deputies he and Cottle had been drinking and that he shot Cottle with a .22 Magnum revolver, claiming self-defense with the remark that it was either him or Cottle. Investigators found no visible injuries on Greene or clear physical evidence in the camper to support his account, and noted inconsistencies between his statements and the scene. Greene had previously accused Cottle of trying to set fires and of causing a December 2020 camper fire, and had warned an officer that somebody was going to hell and somebody was going to prison.

Greene was charged with first-degree murder, convicted by a Fayette County jury in August 2022 after the jury rejected the self-defense claim, and sentenced on November 18, 2022, to life in prison with mercy. The state Supreme Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction and sentence on July 31, 2024. Did anyone who knew Tony or lived on Carver Street notice rising tensions between him and Greene before February 18, 2021?