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On the night of October 30, 2002, 25-year-old Charles CJ Lewis and his father, 51-year-old Julian Clifton Lewis Jr., were shot to death in Keeling, Virginia. Investigators say the killings were carried out as a murder-for-hire plot allegedly organized by Julian’s wife and Charles’s stepmother, Teresa Lewis, motivated by a $250,000 life insurance policy. Teresa is accused of conspiring with two men, Matthew Shallenberger and Rodney Fuller, to have the pair killed; she reportedly left the back door unlocked so the gunmen could enter, and later provided money to buy the shotguns and ammunition used in the attack.

Julian Lewis, despite severe wounds, told a sheriff’s deputy that his wife knew who was responsible before he died. Teresa’s delayed 911 call, inconsistent account of events and a failed polygraph test were noted by investigators. Shallenberger and Fuller were arrested and later received life sentences; Teresa was convicted of orchestrating the murders and sentenced to death. One of the gunmen, Matthew Shallenberger, died in prison in 2006.

Are there details about the victims or the scene that could help explain how the plot was planned and carried out?