Ashley Richardson, 29, was found dead in June 2020 in a residence on West 33rd Street in Indianapolis. First responders discovered her with gunshot wounds to the head and chest; she was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. Her family described the relationship with her ex-boyfriend and fiancé, Kendale Abel, as volatile.

Officers were called to the scene after Abel reported an accidental shooting. Investigators noted that Abel had been released on bond weeks earlier on charges that he had assaulted Richardson with a hammer, and he had been ordered to have no contact and to wear a GPS ankle monitor. Prosecutors say Abel violated the protective order and lured Richardson to the residence. Abel told detectives he had tried to kill himself and that the gun discharged, striking Richardson, but prosecutors argued the wounds and their trajectory were consistent with an intentional execution.

In a bench trial concluded in June 2022, a judge found Abel guilty of murder and later imposed a sixty-year sentence. Does anyone have information about Richardson’s life in Indianapolis or knew her circle that could shed light on what led to that night?