Jeanette Brown, 74, was found shot to death in her Hendricks Road home in Halifax, Virginia, on January 22, 2018. Family and later court filings say she had been treated for bipolar disorder for years and had recently suffered severe tremors believed to be from lithium toxicity; a week before her death she went to a local hospital emergency room expressing suicidal thoughts but was not admitted.

Her husband of more than 40 years, John Jack Frederick Brown, 80, called a brother-in-law after the shooting to confess and was arrested. Prosecutors say Brown admitted contemplating the killing for days and upgraded charges from second-degree murder to first-degree murder. The prosecution disputed a mercy-killing defense, noting Jeanette’s activities such as singing with her sisters at nursing homes and plans to plant a garden.

In December 2018 Brown entered an Alford plea to first-degree murder; in February 2019 a judge sentenced him to life in prison. Does anyone have information about Jeanette’s medical care or her contacts in Halifax before January 22, 2018?