Cherlyn Marie Reyes was 21 when she was killed in her South Bend apartment on the night of October 8 into the early morning of October 9, 2009. She and her boyfriend, 25-year-old Brice L. Webb, had been drinking and arguing after Reyes discovered call history on Webb’s phone that suggested contact with other women. The confrontation became physical and escalated in the apartment bathroom. Shortly after midnight on October 9 officers found Reyes unresponsive with a single gunshot wound to the head; she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Webb was present and reportedly told a witness he had shot her, though he later told investigators the shooting was accidental. Police noted swelling to his hand, and court records describe prior domestic violence, including an incident while Reyes was pregnant. Webb was charged with murder; a jury convicted him in spring 2010 and he was sentenced to 95 years. The Indiana Supreme Court later ordered a new trial, and a second jury again convicted Webb at the April 2013 retrial, with the court finding him a habitual offender and imposing a 90-year sentence in May 2013.

Did anyone who knew Cherlyn or the couple notice patterns of abuse or threats before October 2009?