Deirdre Lynn Behling Holmes, 52, was killed by gunfire at her home on Enchanted Lane in Walterboro, South Carolina on Saturday, July 23, 2022. Raised in the Sandhill community and a 1988 graduate of Walterboro High School, she was a foster parent who cared for many children and was described as devoted to family.

Deputies from the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office responded after a younger child in the home called 911 and reported that his father had shot his mother and older brother. Officers found Deirdre and her 36-year-old son, Timothy Tyrone Te Te Behling, both with fatal gunshot wounds. Investigators say the father, James Lee Holmes, was located nearby, surrendered, and was arrested on two murder charges and a weapons charge. A teenage daughter was reportedly shot at but escaped injury.

What can readers who knew Deirdre or the family add about her life in Walterboro or about the days leading up to July 23, 2022?