Rebecca Marie Richardson, 26, was found dead in Louisville’s Fern Creek neighborhood on the afternoon of August 6, 2022. Her body was discovered on Ferndale Road at about 6:30 p.m., and the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office determined the cause of death was a gunshot wound. Richardson was a mother and left behind a young son.

The Louisville Metro Police Department’s Homicide Unit investigated and identified a suspect from Bardstown, Kentucky. That person was found dead the following day in Bardstown; the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office investigated that death as a suicide. Evidence recovered by Nelson County and later tested in collaboration with Louisville Metro connected the deceased suspect to Richardson’s killing, after which Louisville Metro closed the investigation.

What details about Richardson’s life in Fern Creek or her last day might help explain what happened?