Stephanie Michelle McClure, 22, was shot to death in Sumpter Township, Michigan, on October 6, 2007. She had recently moved into the Holiday West mobile home park and was found at the scene with multiple gunshot wounds: two to the face and three to the back, wounds investigators believed were fired from a small-caliber handgun. Family and friends described her as happy, fun-loving, outgoing, and warm-hearted.

Police said the killing grew out of a dispute over stolen property. Authorities reported that items including a video game console, clothing, and shoes had gone missing from an apartment occupied by Paula Renai Bennett and her boyfriend, Kyron Darell Benson. After finding their puppy dead in a freezer and blaming Stephanie, Benson allegedly threatened her. Investigators say Bennett drove the getaway car and directed Benson to Stephanie’s trailer, where Benson shot her.

Both Bennett and Benson were convicted of first-degree murder and Benson received additional sentences for firearm offenses; Bennett was sentenced to life without parole. Did anyone in the Sumpter Township area at the time notice tensions between Stephanie and the other residents that might shed more light on this case?