Deborah Brown-Hepworth, 65, was found unresponsive in her Hanna Lane home in Old Bridge, New Jersey, on the morning of September 17, 2022. A relative discovered her; investigators determined she had sustained a fatal gunshot wound and ruled the death a homicide. Family and neighbors knew her as Sonni; her death came a few months after her husband’s passing.

Authorities focused on a houseguest rather than a stranger. Elizabeth Jackson, 61, of Yeadon, Pennsylvania, had been staying in Brown-Hepworth’s home for about two weeks before the body was found. Investigators reported that online searches made from Jackson’s devices during that stay included queries about surviving gunshot wounds and whether gunshot wounds hurt, and that text messages between Jackson and her son suggested planning.

Jackson was arrested in Pennsylvania on September 22, 2022, and charged with first-degree murder and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. Does anyone have information about Deborah, her time on Hanna Lane, or Jackson’s presence there in the weeks before September 17, 2022?