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Fredric Mark Jablin, 52, was a University of Richmond professor and father of three who was shot to death in his driveway in the pre-dawn hours of October 30, 2004, after stepping outside to retrieve the morning newspaper. His children were asleep inside the house and were unharmed. The killing occurred in the Tuckahoe Village suburb of Richmond.

Jablin had divorced Piper Rountree in 2002 after a contentious marriage and custody fight; a Virginia court had awarded him full custody and ordered Rountree to pay child support. Investigators say Rountree harbored intense resentment over the custody loss and financial problems. Although she lived in Houston at the time and claimed to be there when the shooting occurred, cell phone records reportedly placed her in the Richmond area, and evidence presented at trial linked her to a .38-caliber revolver and travel using a disguise.

Piper Rountree was arrested, tried beginning February 2005, convicted of first-degree murder and use of a firearm, and was sentenced on May 6, 2005, to life plus three years. Her sister Tina Rountree faced charges of tampering with evidence. Did anyone in the Richmond area see or hear anything that morning that could shed more light on this case?