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Ashley Noel Ross-Draper, 29, was found dead in her Aurora, Colorado apartment on September 10, 2016, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds. She was a mother to two children, ages 10 and 2 at the time.

Investigators quickly identified her husband, James Anthony Draper, then 33, as a person of interest. The day after Ashley’s body was discovered, James went on a violent crime spree across Aurora and Denver that included a carjacking and indiscriminate shooting at bystanders, and ended with a high-speed police chase and his capture. Friends and family told investigators James had a history of abuse toward Ashley and had previously threatened to end her life. He reportedly asked a relative to rent a car for him the day his wife was found.

Authorities recovered a .45-caliber submachine gun on James at the time of arrest; that weapon was later determined to be the firearm used in Ashley’s homicide. He was held without bond in the Arapahoe County jail and was initially charged for the rampage; he was later formally charged with first-degree murder in Ashley’s death, a charge that carries a mandatory sentence of life without parole.

If anyone knew Ashley, her routines, or has information about the events surrounding September 10–11, 2016, please come forward.