Ashley Marie Perala, 35, was shot and killed at a home on Oriole Circle in the Barefoot Bay area of Sebastian, Florida, on August 23, 2022. Deputies from the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office responded around 1 a.m.; Perala was found inside and pronounced deceased. Authorities have treated the death as a homicide.

Investigators identified 41-year-old William Chambless of Barefoot Bay as a suspect. Chambless, reported to have been in a relationship with Perala, told deputies he was in another room, heard voices and a gunshot, then discovered Perala and called law enforcement. A firearm recovered outside the home matched the caliber used in the killing, a detail that investigators say conflicted with Chambless’s account. An arrest warrant was issued charging him with Second Degree Murder with a Firearm and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon; he was held at the Brevard County Jail without bond.

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