Kailee Jo McMullen was 22 when she was found dead in her Norman, Oklahoma home on June 29, 2017, the result of a single gunshot wound to the face. Her father, Ronald McMullen, placed the initial 911 call and told dispatchers it was a suicide, but officers at the scene described his behavior as suspicious; he allegedly tried to wipe blood from himself and at one point threw himself to the ground and covered himself in dirt. Investigators reported that the gun and Kailee’s body appeared to have been moved and that the physical evidence did not fit a self-inflicted wound.

Friends told authorities Kailee had confided in them about years of physical and sexual abuse by her father. Those allegations, together with the scene evidence, led to Ronald McMullen’s arrest on a charge of first-degree murder. At trial the prosecution said he shot Kailee and staged the scene to look like a suicide; the defense disputed his guilt. On October 3, 2019, a jury found Ronald McMullen guilty of first-degree murder and recommended life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Did anyone who knew Kailee or her family notice signs of trouble before June 29, 2017?