Christina Louise Hamilton, 36, was found dead in her Lynchburg, Virginia, home on Monday, September 30, 2024. Investigators determined she died from a gunshot wound. Friends and family remembered her as bubbly and caring, and said her world revolved around her young daughter, Rheannon.

The investigation quickly focused on Nathaniel Pridemore, 33, the father of Christina’s child. On the same day Christina’s body was discovered, Pridemore was involved in another fatal shooting; police identified him as the suspect in the death of 19-year-old Micah Cash Gaudio and took him into custody after finding him holding his three-year-old child and a gun. After that arrest, officers conducted a welfare check at the Tbridge Road residence Christina shared with Pridemore and discovered her body. Pridemore was initially a person of interest and was later charged with Christina’s murder.

The connection between the two killings on the same day shocked the Lynchburg community. If anyone knew Christina, her routines, or saw anything unusual around the Tbridge Road home on September 30, 2024, please share what you know.