Late on June 3, 2004, 32-year-old Brian Hughes was found dead on his living room floor in Jackson, Mississippi, after a series of gunshots. His wife, Elicia Hughes, told investigators she was awakened by loud pops while in bed with their two children, heard the house alarm, and discovered Brian in a pool of blood with the front door ajar. Brian, a former Air Force service member, had been shot six times with a .45-caliber handgun, with wounds to his arms, torso, and groin.

Investigators focused suspicion on Elicia after noting inconsistencies in her account, finding no signs of forced entry, and locating the keys needed to open the front door from the inside on a counter rather than near the door. The probe also revealed Brian had recent extramarital relationships and had been on the phone with a girlfriend moments before the killing. Prosecutors cited a $250,000 life insurance policy in Elicia’s name and gunshot residue on her hands as motive and evidence. Elicia was arrested in March 2005 and tried in January 2007; the jury acquitted her of all charges. The murder of Brian Hughes remains unsolved.

Did anyone in the Jackson area know Brian’s routines or who might have had access to the house that night?