On the morning of July 23, 2021, 46-year-old Terry Gene Rutland, a White/Caucasian male, was found outside a home on Owens Lane in Forrest County, Mississippi with a fatal gunshot wound. Emergency services received the call at about 9:21 a.m.; paramedics rendered aid but Rutland was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators identified 38-year-old Kristin Kyle Scanlan as a suspect. Scanlan was taken into custody by the Forrest County Sheriff’s Office and charged with murder; she was booked into the Forrest County Adult Detention Facility. Authorities said the investigation was active and did not release a motive or further details about the circumstances of the shooting.

Does anyone in the Petal or Forrest County area have information about what led up to this killing or about Rutland’s life in the community?