Jerry Suan, a 48-year-old White man from Wallace, West Virginia, died on March 3, 2020. His wife of more than 30 years, Kimberly Ann Suan, initially told authorities he had been fatally electrocuted while welding. The couple had three daughters and Jerry was a grandfather to seven.

An autopsy by the West Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner found the cause of death was a single gunshot wound to the left chest from a .38 caliber bullet, not electrocution. A search of the home recovered a .38 caliber Cobra Model CB handgun belonging to Kimberly Suan, and ballistics testing matched the bullet from Jerry’s body to that gun. Kimberly Suan was arrested and charged in connection with her husband’s murder.

Are there readers who knew Jerry or the family and can share information about his life in Wallace or the events leading up to March 3, 2020?