Ashley Dawn Stamper, 35, was found fatally shot in her Lexington, Kentucky home on Linden Walk on the afternoon of August 17, 2022, and was pronounced dead at the scene. The first report suggested suicide, but the Fayette County Coroner’s Office deemed the scene suspicious and the investigation was reclassified as a homicide after evidence indicated both her body and the gun near her had been moved and blood evidence contradicted the initial account.

Suspicion focused on her 46-year-old husband, Yovany Chaple-Chalita. Investigators reported inconsistencies in his statements about his whereabouts; cell phone data placed him at the Linden Walk residence when he said he was driving around, and surveillance from a gas station did not match his timeline. Neighbors with security systems reported hearing a gunshot, a woman screaming and a male voice, and told police the couple had a history of domestic violence.

Ten days after the killing, on August 27, 2022, Chaple-Chalita was arrested and charged with murder-domestic violence and tampering with physical evidence; a judge later found probable cause to send the case to a grand jury. Ashley was a hairdresser and mother of a son and a daughter. Does anyone in Lexington remember hearing that shot or have information about the Linden Walk neighborhood on August 17, 2022?