On November 1, 2020, 47-year-old Kanokwan Nok Smith, a Thai-American woman living in Littleton, Colorado, was found dead at her home on West Ottawa Avenue after her husband, Scott Smith, called 911 and said he had shot her in self-defense, alleging she had attacked him with a butcher knife. Deputies took Scott Smith into custody at the scene and he was initially arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder, but released a few days later when the district attorney said there was insufficient evidence to file charges at that time.

Friends and neighbors described Kanokwan as kind, gentle, and hardworking; she held multiple jobs, including as a card dealer at the Ameristar Casino in Black Hawk, and the couple had a 10-year-old daughter. It was reported Scott had filed for divorce weeks before the shooting. Investigators continued working the case and later developed additional evidence; that investigation also led to the arrest of Scott’s mother, Theresa Rino, in connection with alleged attempts to remove or tamper with surveillance evidence.

Does anyone who knew Kanokwan or the family have information about the weeks before November 1, 2020?