Donna G. Lay, 57, was last seen alive on January 7, 2021, at the apartment she shared on South 10th Street in Williamsburg, Kentucky. A neighbor filed a missing person report on January 27 after not seeing her for some time, prompting a welfare check by the Williamsburg Police Department. Officers’ initial contact with Lay’s boyfriend, John Phillip Meadows, raised suspicions about his account of her whereabouts.

Court filings state Meadows fatally shot Lay in the head on or about January 8, then hid her body in the apartment. He reportedly wrapped the body in a blanket and kept it under the bed for about two weeks, later placing the remains in a large garbage can sealed with duct tape and black plastic and stashing it in a closet. On February 1, 2021, a search warrant led officers to the closet after cadaver dogs alerted; Lay’s decomposing remains were found inside. Meadows was arrested and charged in connection with her death.

Did anyone in Williamsburg recognize a disturbance at that apartment in early January 2021 or have information about Lay’s last days?