Essie B. Meadows, 59, was shot and killed outside her Troy, Alabama, residence on the afternoon of July 26, 2023. Troy Police responded to a report of a shooting in the 100 block of North Ridge Circle at a mobile home park and found Meadows with a fatal gunshot wound.

Investigators identified an acquaintance, 78-year-old Larvy Woods, who was located in the same mobile home park and taken into custody without incident. Authorities described the incident as domestic, and the firearm believed to have been used was recovered at the scene. Woods had recent prior misdemeanor domestic violence arrests and was charged with Meadows’s murder; a judge denied bond and he is being held in the Pike County Jail. The Troy Police Department and the Pike County District Attorney’s Office continue to investigate.

If anyone knew Essie Meadows or has information about what happened that afternoon, please share what you know with investigators.