On February 14, 2021, deputies from the Phillips County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting at a home in the 600 block of 7th Street in Phillipsburg, Kansas. Officers found 43-year-old Janna Lea Constable at the scene; she had died of her injuries at her residence. Her death was initially classified as a suicide.

Janna was born in Wichita, moved to Phillipsburg with her family as a child, and graduated from Phillipsburg High School in 1995. A mother of three, she enjoyed cooking, drawing, fishing, gardening, and time with family and her grandson. New information prompted the sheriff’s office to reopen the investigation in August 2021; the case was later referred to the County Attorney and then to the Kansas Attorney General’s office for review.

Who in Phillipsburg might have known Janna well enough to help explain what changed after the initial ruling?