On a Sunday morning in May 2020 the community of Sunflower, Mississippi, was rocked by the death of 30-year-old Constance Russell, a young mother found unresponsive in her apartment at the Sunflower River apartment complex. Officers were called about 8:10 a.m. after a neighbor noticed broken glass in her front door; the county coroner estimated her time of death between 3:30 a.m. and 5 a.m. A gunshot wound was present, investigators found a bullet hole in the front door, a 9 mm shell casing and an unknown bullet fragment, and it appeared an assailant fled through a back bedroom window. A neighbor next door reported hearing nothing despite the shooting.

Authorities identified 27-year-old Albert Carpenter III as a person of interest; he was described as an onetime boyfriend and the father of one of Ms. Russell’s children. Carpenter was taken into custody, told police he had been home since 1:47 a.m. and had not left, and was later charged with first-degree murder, domestic violence and breaking and entering. A judge set bond at $1 million and he was held in the Sunflower County jail.

Ms. Russell was remembered as a loving mother of two. Does anyone who lived in the Sunflower River complex that night have information that could help explain what happened?