Gaye Keeler, 57, was shot and killed inside Gator’s Deli, the small convenience store and gas station she co-owned in Blanchard, Oklahoma, on the morning of August 6, 2014. The store was a longtime family business; Gaye and her estranged husband Larry had raised two sons and were known in the community as the faces behind the counter. Witnesses reported hearing Gaye screaming from her office and saw Larry enter the business, then open fire. Gaye’s dog, Buck, an Australian shepherd often at the store, was also killed.

The couple’s marriage had broken down into a bitter divorce with contentious court filings that included allegations about large sums of money and longstanding resentment. Gaye had obtained a protective order that stayed in effect for more than a year; it lapsed about two weeks before the shooting and friends said she had trouble renewing it. After the shooting, Larry was arrested at the home they had shared; investigators found handwritten notes to the couple’s sons outlining what should be done with property and remains. A jury later convicted Larry Keeler of first-degree murder and animal cruelty; he received life without parole for the murder and a fine for the animal charge.

Did anyone in the community have contact with Gaye in the weeks before August 6 who might add detail about how the protective order’s expiry affected her daily routine?