On March 13, 2020, 29-year-old Keilee Ann Sparks was shot and killed inside the kitchen of Tudor’s Biscuit World in Lavalette, West Virginia. Keilee, a Greenup, Kentucky resident who worked at the restaurant, was reportedly shot around 9:40 a.m. by her longtime partner, 45-year-old Gary Lee Damron of Huntington. Authorities described the killing as the culmination of a domestic situation; family members said Keilee had been in an abusive relationship with Damron for eight years and had told him the day before that she intended to leave.

Damron fled but was later taken into custody by West Virginia State Police and charged with murder, with a magistrate entering an automatic plea of not guilty on his behalf. Keilee is remembered as a loving mother, daughter, sister, and friend and was survived by two sons and a daughter; the restaurant closed temporarily after the shooting.

Does anyone who knew Keilee or worked at Tudor’s that morning have information to share?