On Mother’s Day, May 12, 2024, officers who entered a home on Old Canton Road in Ridgeland, Mississippi, found three women shot to death: 76-year-old Ida Thomas Welch and her daughters, 56-year-old Vicky Renee Welch and 42-year-old Crystal Lynn Welch. Family members had contacted police earlier that day out of concern for the family’s welfare.

Investigators focused on Ida’s son and the brother of Vicky and Crystal, Ivory James Welch III, who was believed to have fled the state after the shootings. His vehicle was tracked through Dallas and an arrest warrant was issued, prompting a search that involved the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and other agencies.

The manhunt ended the following Monday in Arizona when Arizona State Troopers spotted Welch. He allegedly opened fire when troopers tried to stop him and was fatally wounded in the exchange. Ridgeland Police Chief Brian Myers said the department had prior contacts with Welch for domestic violence in 2006 and for assault in 2012.

Did anyone in the Ridgeland area know Vicky Renee Welch or have information about the family leading up to May 12, 2024?