Ellen Charlene Townsend was 29 when she was found dead on the side of Noland Creek Road in rural Estill County on the morning of Saturday, January 24, 2015. A lifelong resident of Irvine and a mother of three who worked at a local Wendy’s, she died of a gunshot wound, according to an autopsy.

Investigators quickly identified a person of interest, Ricky W. Conrad, 44, of Irvine. Townsend was last seen in a silver Chrysler sedan with Conrad. The search for him continued into the next day. On Sunday morning, about 24 hours after Townsend’s body was discovered, Lexington police found the silver Chrysler parked at St. Joseph East Hospital. Conrad was inside and was found dead. A firearm and personal property belonging to Townsend were recovered in the vehicle; the Fayette County coroner’s office was investigating his death as an apparent suicide.

With the death of the only identified suspect, the case has no further publicly announced leads. Did anyone in the Irvine or Lexington area see Ellen or the silver Chrysler around January 24–25, 2015?