Kelly Ann Parsley-Jackson was 39 and a private elementary school teacher living in Newport News, Virginia. A native of Saratoga Springs, New York, she had lived in Newport News for about 11 years, where she was active in her church and served as a Girl Scout leader. On January 27, 2011, she was fatally shot with a shotgun in her home on Harrington Road; her 9-year-old daughter was the sole witness.

Her husband, Rodney B. Jackson, was identified, arrested and charged in connection with the killing. At trial he testified that the marriage had been under strain and described his state of mind that day, saying he had intended to take his own life, ‘‘snapped’’ and fired the shotgun; he said his daughter’s voice brought him out of a fog. The jury convicted him of first-degree murder and a firearms offense and recommended a 23-year prison sentence, which the Newport News Circuit Judge upheld.

Kelly’s children were left to cope with the loss. Did anyone in the Newport News community know Kelly or have information about the family’s circumstances before January 27, 2011?