Yajaira Gordon, 35, was shot to death in her Montgomery, Illinois, home on October 31, 2022. She was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head at the Oak Ridge Drive residence where she and her husband continued to live after she had filed for divorce; Timothy Gordon reportedly lived in the basement while Yajaira and her family occupied the second floor.

He went upstairs while Yajaira sat at a desk with her mother, aunt, and two young children present. Timothy asked why she was doing this to him; Yajaira told him to stop coming up there. Timothy then shot her in the left temple with a .25-caliber Beretta, killing her instantly, and fled. He was arrested a few hours later in Hinsdale with the gun found next to him in the car.

Timothy Gordon, 48, had a lengthy criminal record including armed robbery, armed violence, aggravated battery with a firearm, felony DUI, and being a felon in possession of a weapon. He was charged with first-degree murder and held on $3 million bail; he pleaded guilty in January 2024 and faced a lengthy prison term with a firearm enhancement. Does anyone have information about Yajaira, her family, or the household circumstances that led up to that day?