On the evening of Saturday, November 21, 2020, 55-year-old caregiver Yvette Fitch was shot to death at the residence in the Covesville area of Albemarle County. Responding officers located her after a reported shooting in the North Garden community.

Investigators focused on 58-year-old James Elliot Fitch. He drove about 20 minutes to the home where Yvette worked, parked partway up a long driveway and approached on foot before shooting her twice. He initially denied leaving his home that day, later saying he had gone out to buy beer, and told police he believed a video showed Yvette with another person. That belief, despite others telling him the video was not of her, is reported to have consumed him. After police interviewed him he asked his sister to retrieve and hide a .22 caliber revolver he had left in a nearby park; the sister informed police and officers recovered the loaded gun.

A jury found James Elliot Fitch guilty of premeditated first-degree murder. Anyone who knew Yvette or has information about the case is asked to come forward.