Christopher J. Farmer was 41 when he was killed at his home in the town of LaFayette, Wisconsin, on May 14, 2010. A U.S. Navy veteran and father of two who worked as a maintenance mechanic in Chippewa Falls, Farmer was asleep in bed with his fiancée, Tammy Clark, when an armed intruder entered the bedroom and fired a single shot that killed him.

The intruder was William F. Vollbrecht, who had returned to Chippewa Falls from North Dakota on May 12, 2010. Vollbrecht had been Clark’s ex-boyfriend and had sent her threatening messages after learning of her new relationship. On the day of the killing he had been drinking, went to his parents’ home to retrieve a rifle, then went to Farmer’s house. Clark woke to the gunshot and saw Vollbrecht with the rifle; deputies arrested him at the scene after a 911 call.

Vollbrecht was charged with first-degree intentional homicide and armed burglary. The defense argued intoxication and suicidal intent, while the prosecution relied on the threatening texts and Vollbrecht’s conduct before the shooting; a jury convicted him and he was sentenced to life without parole.

Did anyone know of Vollbrecht’s threats or see him in the days before May 14?