On the morning of November 17, 2018, 62-year-old Loretta Retta Ann Williams was killed at her home in Cove, Oregon. At about 1:40 a.m. she called 911 to report a man in her backyard and identified the intruder as her estranged husband, Ronald D. Lee, before a loud noise and then silence. Deputies and State Troopers found a shattered sliding glass door and Loretta inside, later determined to have sustained three gunshot wounds to the head and one to the chest.

Loretta had separated from Lee in April 2018 and filed for divorce in July, citing irreconcilable differences; their split included a dispute over the house and a temporary restraining order she had obtained. Investigators say evidence tied Lee to the scene, including a glove linked to a purchase he made and photographs he had taken of the property. A second man, Steve E. Hamilton, was arrested and later said he drove Lee to Loretta’s home and that Lee admitted the killing.

Lee was indicted by a Union County Grand Jury and arrested on murder and conspiracy charges in February 2019. Did anyone in Cove know Loretta, her family, or have information about the weeks before November 17, 2018?