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Erin LeeAnn Wade Jones, a 31-year-old single mother and bank teller in Dodge City, Kansas, was found dead in her bedroom on May 5, 2007. She had spent the night before out with a friend; the friend returned the next day to find an unlocked gate and broken glass near the door and called 911. An autopsy found a single gunshot wound to the head from a high-powered rifle. Investigators reported no signs of a struggle inside the home and concluded the shot had been fired from the backyard, suggesting a targeted attack.

The investigation focused on Erin’s ex-boyfriend, Christopher Tahah, a 33-year-old Dodge City police officer, after reports that he had been stalking her and that both had been at the same bar the night of the killing. Tahah was arrested and charged with her murder; he was convicted of first-degree murder in 2008, that conviction was later overturned by the Kansas Supreme Court, and at a 2012 retrial a Ford County jury again found him guilty and imposed a life sentence with additional time for criminal discharge of a firearm.

Did anyone who knew Erin notice threats or other incidents in the months before May 2007?