Kristin Leigh Hambleton, 26, was found in her Newport News, Virginia, home in the early morning hours of January 31, 2015, with a fatal gunshot wound to her face. A registered nurse at Riverside Regional Medical Center and mother to two sons, Jason and Noah, she was initially reported as having been accidentally shot while handling a handgun.

Charles Everett Land, 24, a Newport News firefighter and an ex-boyfriend, was at the scene and first told police they had been ‘‘playing and dry firing the gun multiple times’’ when Kristin accidentally shot herself. Crime scene examination produced inconsistencies: investigators concluded the handgun found in Kristin’s hand had been manipulated after the shooting and that the scene had been staged. Land was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter, later admitting he altered the scene out of fear, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison with eight years suspended. Kristin was married to Joseph Hambleton but the couple were living apart at the time.

Are there readers who knew Kristin or who can add details about her life, her sons, or the events that night?