Wendi Traynor was 25 when she moved back to Washington from Kentucky and into a Milton apartment on November 1, 2017, hoping for a fresh start after ending a difficult two-year relationship. Family members, worried after not hearing from her for a week, entered her apartment on November 10 and found her dead on the floor. An investigation determined she died from a single gunshot wound to the head.

Attention in the case focused on Wendi’s ex-boyfriend, Joshua Ellis. Wendi had reportedly told a friend that Ellis had been physically abusive and had threatened her family, and investigators say Ellis followed her after she returned to Washington. Her last known contact was a text on November 3 saying she was going to meet with her ex. Cell phone records placed Ellis near her apartment that day, and police recovered an empty handgun holster and ammunition in a repossessed car that matched the shell casing from the scene. Ellis turned himself in on November 12, 2017, and was charged with second-degree murder.

Did anyone in the Milton area know Wendi or see her between November 1 and November 10, 2017?