On Thursday, June 8, 2017, 35-year-old Chara Leigh Whitt Bryant and her husband, William Henry Bryant, were found dead in the master bathroom of their Mount Vernon, Kentucky home. Their daughter discovered the scene and called 911; officers reported a violent struggle and blood throughout the room.

Investigators focused on a family rift over the daughter’s relationship with 22-year-old Christopher Evans. Evidence contradicted the daughter’s initial account of a break-in: a window was broken with glass on the outside, consistent with being broken from inside the house. Authorities say Evans later confessed, describing a pre-planned entry after the daughter let him inside and admitting to shooting both victims.

Both the daughter, Brooklyn Reynolds, and Christopher Evans were arrested and charged; reported charges included two counts of murder for Evans and complicity to commit murder for Reynolds, with Reynolds to be tried as an adult. Anyone with information about the family or events leading up to June 8, 2017, is asked to come forward.