In the early morning hours of November 18, 2017, 32-year-old Renita Shantel Williams made a distressed 911 call from her home on Fayette Circle in Henrico County, Virginia, reporting her husband’s strange behavior. When officers arrived they found Renita and her 15-year-old son, Jaishaun Wells, dead of gunshot wounds — Renita shot in the head and Jaishaun shot in the neck — with cartridge casings near their bodies.

Renita’s husband, Derrell Williams, was not at the scene. A search led to a high-speed chase on Interstate 64 that ended when he lost control of his vehicle, tried to flee on foot, and was taken into custody by the Virginia State Police. Family members later said there had been a history of domestic turmoil and that Jaishaun had tried to protect his mother.

In November 2018 Derrell Williams pleaded guilty to multiple counts, including the capital murder of his wife and stepson. The 911 call Renita made and the scene evidence were central to the prosecution’s case. Did anyone in the neighborhood notice warning signs or report earlier incidents involving this family?