On October 2, 2023, 35-year-old Matthew Dean Fiechtner was found dead inside his home near Hobson, Montana, after a 911 call prompted deputies to check the residence. Matthew was discovered lying face down in a hallway; his ex-wife, Megan Michelle Fiechtner, had called to report finding blood on the steps and door and that Matthew was missing. What began as a missing-person report became a homicide investigation when both Megan and her boyfriend, Tyson David Kolar, were taken into custody at the scene.

Kolar was charged with deliberate homicide; Megan was charged with deliberate homicide by accountability and obstructing a peace officer. Initial statements from both were inconsistent and later contradicted by evidence. Surveillance video from the property reportedly shows Matthew arriving, a brief verbal exchange with Kolar, and Kolar firing a handgun as Matthew ran toward his locked front door, with no footage of a preceding physical fight. Kolar later led investigators to a .357 magnum revolver he said he had hidden.

What did anyone nearby see or hear that afternoon near the Hobson residence?