Four-year-old Brayden Lee Barksdale was found dead at his Sobley Road home in Columbus, Mississippi, on Monday, January 19, 2015. First responders arrived after a report shortly after 8 a.m. that the child had suffered a gunshot wound. Brayden loved Ninja Turtles and John Deere tractors, according to family details.

Patrick Chambers, then 27, was the only adult with Brayden that morning. He initially told a neighbor and authorities that Brayden had accidentally shot himself with a .45-70 hunting rifle. The county coroner and investigators were immediately suspicious, and an autopsy the next day ruled the death a homicide, finding the wound could not have been self-inflicted by a child of Brayden’s size.

Chambers, who had a prior felony burglary conviction in North Dakota, was arrested and charged with murder and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. He later admitted to pointing the gun at Brayden but said it discharged accidentally; investigators concluded the rifle could not have fired accidentally. Chambers pleaded guilty to capital murder in September 2017 and was sentenced to life without parole. Does anyone have information about Brayden’s life or the Sobley Road neighborhood that could add context to this case?