Stephanie Brooke Steenbergen Davenport, 31, was found dead behind a residence on North Florence Street in Corbin, Kentucky, on a March day in 2018. She had sustained two gunshot wounds, one to the upper chest and one to the head. A .38-caliber Rossi pistol described as a family heirloom was found beneath her body. Authorities were initially told the death might have been a suicide, and her husband of less than six months, 38-year-old Joshua Tate Davenport, was at the scene and told deputies she had taken her own life.

Friends and family told investigators the marriage had become strained amid allegations of Joshua’s drug use, and that Stephanie had been planning to leave. Joshua’s mother, inside a nearby residence, reported hearing the gunshots. The investigation led to Joshua Davenport’s arrest on a murder charge in a case presented as domestic violence. The matter proceeded to trial in September 2019; the prosecution argued the couple’s relationship had deteriorated and that Joshua had killed his wife, while the defense argued suicide and raised alleged methamphetamine use by Stephanie.

A jury returned guilty verdicts for murder and tampering with physical evidence, and Joshua Davenport was sentenced to a total of 40 years in prison. Does anyone have information about Stephanie’s life in Corbin or what led up to that March day in 2018?