Ashley Charlie Ridge was shot and killed in the driveway of her Ray Street home in Muskegon, Michigan on October 6, 2022. She was 30 and a wife and mother of four children. Reports say the shooting arose from a family dispute and that witnesses saw an argument between Ridge and her 62-year-old estranged former father-in-law, Phillip Ray Smith, just before a fatal shot to her head. An eyewitness attempted to intervene as the confrontation escalated.

Smith fled the scene and is reported to have later visited a friend in Hesperia appearing emotionally distraught and intoxicated; investigators say they found a revolver and spent casings among his belongings. Smith was arrested and charged with open murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, and carrying a concealed weapon.

What did neighbors or anyone who knew Ashley or the family notice in the days before October 6, 2022?