Spc. Priscilla Ann East, 32, was shot to death on Thursday, February 2, 2017, in Oak Grove, Kentucky. She was an active duty soldier stationed at Fort Campbell and was visiting the home of Spc. Christopher Ryan Hoch, 28, who was also killed in the same shooting. Authorities arrested Priscilla’s estranged husband, 32-year-old Jeremy Demar, and charged him with the murders of both victims.
Dominique House, Hoch’s fiancée and a close friend of East, was present during the altercation; she sustained a broken collarbone and her 16-year-old brother was injured. House said there was no romantic relationship between East and Hoch and that East sometimes stayed at their home when she felt unsafe because of problems with her estranged husband.
Priscilla East was from Missouri City, Texas. She joined the Army in March 2011, had been stationed at Fort Campbell since August 2014, and was a mother to a son, Nikolaus Kaleb Demar. A Celebration of Life was held in Clarksville and she was buried with Full Military Honors at Houston National Cemetery in Texas; her family suggested donations to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence or a women’s safe house in her memory.
If anyone knew Priscilla or has information about the events of February 2, 2017, please come forward.